Manhattan: Avenue A - 2nd Street (East)

Avenue A, north from East 2nd Street. At the left is the easterly side of the Astor Houses, an early slum clearance project. Occupying the block above is a modern apartment house. This is the 3rd to 4th Street frontage. May 17, 1937 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection