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Park Avenue & 40th Street, Manhattan

18 historical photos taken here between 1905 and 1944, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1905–1927

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1905; 1922; 1927

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1914

    Manhattan: 40th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1914

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1915

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1915

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1918

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1922–1941

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1922; 1923; 1927; 1928; 1931; 1941

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1922–1941

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1922; 1923; 1927; 1928; 1931; 1941

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1928–1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1928; 1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1928–1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1928; 1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1928–1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1928; 1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 40th Street - Park Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 40th Street - Park Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 40th Street - Park Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 40th Street - Park Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street., 1935

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street.

    1935

  • Park Avenue #90-98 - 40th Street, 1944-12-09

    Park Avenue #90-98 - 40th Street

    1944-12-09

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Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street, 1928–1931

Photo 8 of 18 at Park Avenue & 40th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

1928; 1930; 1931

(1) Park Avenue, west side, from 40th to 42nd Streets, including two buildings on the S.W. corner of 40th Street which will be demolished in October 1931. The old Murray Hill Hotel is shown in the block from 40th to 41st Streets and the Hotel Belmont (1906-1931) in the block above it, as they appeared before the Lincoln Building was erected alongside the Belmont at 60 East 42nd Street. At 40th Street may be seen a traffic signal tower of the type in use from about 1925 to 1928. February 6, 1928. P. L. Sperr, Photographer. (2) The same, but a closer view not showing the S.W. corner of 40th Street, taken after the erection of the Lincoln Building and before the demolition of the Hotel Belmont (1906-31). December 13, 1930. P. L. Sperr, Photographer. (3) The same, showing the clearing on the S.W. corner of 40th Street, and the view of the Hotel Biltmore, on Vanderbilt Avenue from 43rd to 44th Streets, made possible by the demolition of the Hotel Belmont in the block north of the Murray Hill Hotel. December 2, 1931. P. L. Sperr, Photographer.

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