Manhattan: East River Drive - Houston Street (East)
East River Drive, at East Houston Street, showing heaps of building material to be used as a fill at the waters edge. This view is northward from the Williamsburg Bridge and shows the Brooklyn and Queens shore, across the East River. Nos. 2 and 3 of this set show a close up of stone and shale that compose the piles seen in the foreground of No. 1. June 25, 1937. Views 2 & 3:--June 4, 1937. P. L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
