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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, 1931

Photo 14 of 18 at Park Avenue & 40th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 40th Street

1931

(1) Park Avenue, west side, from 40th to 41st Streets, showing the old Murray Hill Hotel, which dates back to the 1870's, against a background of modern skyscrapers. To the right is the Lincoln Building, completed late in 1929, at 60 East 42nd Street, and to the left the Lefcourt Colonial Building (1929) on the S.W. corner of Madison Avenue and 41st Street and the Murray Hill Offices building (1926), which together take up the entire east side of Madison Avenue from 41st to 40th Streets. Behind the latter, to the left of the Lefcourt tower, may be seen the top of 500 Fifth Avenue, completed on the N.W. corner of 42nd Street in January 1931. December 2, 1931. P. L. Sperr, Photographer. (2) The same, but showing a little of the clearing at the S.W. corner of 40th Street, and missing the tops of the Lincoln and Lefcourt Colonial buildings. In the block above the Murray Hill, from 41st to 42nd Streets, the Hotel Belmont has been demolished. Through the gap thus created may be seen the west side of Vanderbilt Avenue at 43rd Street; the Hotel Biltmore (erected about 1914) is the building shown in part on the N.W. corner. December 2, 1931 P. L. Sperr, Photographer. (3) The same, showing a portion of Grand Central Station on the right with its elevated vehicular viaduct. December 2, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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