1932; 1938

Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street

(1) Abingdon Square, looking north from Hudson Street at Bank Street, where Eighth Avenue branches off to the right. New apartment buildings, 299 West 12th Street on north side of square, and building at S.E. corner of Eighth Avenue and 12th Street. Behind bandstand is vacant lot where Abingdon Hotel has been demolished. March 15, 1932. P. L. Sperr, Photographer. (2) The same view as No. 1 but four months later, showing in background the skeleton of Port Authority Building between Eighth and Ninth Avenues just north of 14th Street. July 17, 1932. P. L. Sperr, Photographer. (3) The same view at a later date. October 2, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection