1939

Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

East 36th Street, north side, between First and Second Avenues, showing the cleared former site of St. Gabriel's Church and Parochial School. To the left and not shown is the still standing New York Public Library branch. The "El" line in the midground is on Second Avenue. To the right are tenements on the north side of 37th Street, slightly east of the Avenue. The N.E. corner there is cleared also, the same has no connection with the tunnel project. Centered in the distance is the spired Chrysler Building, flanked by the Chanin and News structures. View 1: June 28, 1939 Views 2-3: July 23, 1939 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection