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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 33rd Street

1930

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 33rd Street

Excavation for Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue, west side, 33rd to 34th Streets. B.Altman's Department Store in centre background. March 10, 1930.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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