1937

Manhattan: 34th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

East 34th Street, west from Third Avenue, as photographed from the Third Avenue "El" station. At the left is the 34th Street Theatre, a motion picture house. Above same towers the 71st Regiment Armory and the Vanderbilt Hotel. Note the absence of the Empire State Building. In the center is the Cameron Bldg. outlined against the marble B. Altman & Co. store. To the right are the two Park Avenue apartments at 35th Street. The castleattedd tower above, is atop the Combustion Engineering Bldg. 1: About 1925 2: Jan. 19, 1937 P. L. Sperr W. P. A., photo Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection