Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

1937

Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

(1) West 42nd Street, at Fifth Ave., as seen from the rear of the New York Public Library (right), and showing the upper reaches of No. 500 Fifth Ave., a skyscraper at the N.W. corner of 42nd Street. Building shown on the left, is the Salmon Towers and it adjoins its taller sisters on 42nd Street. March 1937. Gift of Mary Nelle Griffith. (2) The original of No. 1, which is an enlargement. March 27, 1937. Gift of Mary Nelle Griffith.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection