1939

Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

Sixth Avenue, south from West 51st Street, showing the Sixth Avenue "El", a portion of its 50th Street station and units of Rockefeller City. That on the left (containing the Radio City Music Hall) is the R.K. O. Building. To the right is the rear structure of the towering (70 stories) R.C.A. Building. These buildings occupy the 51st - 50th and 50th-49th Street frontages respectively. The photographer is viewing southeastward from the N.W. corner of Sixth Avenue and West 51st St. in both instances. March, 1939 Views: 1-2 Wm. Herries View 1, D7 : Neg. # 4097

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection