![General view - [Manhattan - Lexington Avenue - 42nd Street (East) - Chanin Building.]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2Fhigh-res%2F002a82b2-50b9-49d6-a110-0f72a20fcd12.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
1936
General view - [Manhattan - Lexington Avenue - 42nd Street (East) - Chanin Building.]
A general view Southeastward from atop the Chanin Building at the S.W. corner of Lexington Avenue and E. 42nd Street, showing that Manhattan area sometimes called Murray Hill. Lexington Avenue is on the extreme right in View 2 and the diagonal thoroughfares are Third and Second Avenues. To the left is St. Gabriels Park, near the East River. October 3, 1936 Views 1 and 2 P. L. Sperr
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection











