Skip to main content
VVestiges of New York49,000+ historical photos
MapBrowseAboutGet the iPhone app (opens the App Store)
  1. Browse /
  2. Manhattan /
  3. This place

Madison Avenue & 57th Street, Manhattan

25 historical photos taken here between 1912 and 1935, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - Madison Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 57th Street - Madison Avenue

    1919

  • Madison Avenue - East 57th Street (looking northeast), 1925-05-19

    Madison Avenue - East 57th Street (looking northeast)

    1925-05-19

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - Madison Avenue, 1926

    Manhattan: 57th Street - Madison Avenue

    1926

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Vanderbilt Avenue - 48th Street (East), 1935

    Manhattan: Vanderbilt Avenue - 48th Street (East)

    1935

Stand where these photos were taken

The free OldNYC app for iPhone centers the map on you and shows the historical photos taken closest to where you are.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone

Nearby places

  • 57th Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan (8 photos)
  • Madison Avenue & 56th Street, Manhattan (4 photos)
  • Madison Avenue & 58th Street, Manhattan (16 photos)
  • Park Avenue & 56th Street, Manhattan (14 photos)
  • East 55th Street & Madison Avenue, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • 58th Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan (17 photos)
  • 5th Avenue & 56th Street, Manhattan (25 photos)
  • East 59th Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan (20 photos)

Explore

  • Map
  • Browse by place
  • Browse by decade

Boroughs

  • Manhattan
  • Brooklyn
  • Queens
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island

About

  • About and contact
  • Privacy

Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

OldNYC for iPhone

Find the historical photos taken closest to where you stand.

Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street, 1930

Photo 24 of 25 at Madison Avenue & 57th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 57th Street

1930

A general view north on Madison Ave. from East 57th Street. Note Central Park on the left with Central Park West dimly observable with the twin towers of the San Remo (Apartment House) thereon. Silhouetted against the Park (left foreground) is the sloped roof of the Savoy-Plaza Hotel. On the right appears the chimney of the electric generating plant of the Consolidated Gas Company (East 92nd Street at the East River). About 1930. International News Photos.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

See this spot on the mapView on NYPL Digital Collections (opens in a new tab)

See this photo in high resolution

Zoom into the full-resolution scan in the OldNYC app for iPhone with OldNYC Supporter ($4.99). The free app also centers the map on you, so you can find the photos taken closest to where you stand.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone