Manhattan: 8th Street (West) - 5th Avenue
West 8th Street, south side, west from Fifth Avenue to Macdougal Street (right of View 1). At the left are former stables of which the first (No.4) is the studio of the Clay Club. Adjoining the second of these is the Whitney Museum of Modern Art. This institution, founded by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt, occupied the remodelled structures No's. 8-10-12, in 1931. View No. 2 shows only the Museum and its main entrance. P. L. Sperr May 24, 1933 Neg. #560 W. P. A. Photo Federal Writers Project 1936
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
