1928; 1933

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

(1) Park Avenue at S.W. corner of 39th Street, showing old mansion and two houses adjacent on Park Avenue which will be demolished in 1933. The top of the Allerton House Fraternity Clubs building at Madison Avenue and 38th Street is just visible over the roof of the corner house. May 31, 1928. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, five years later, showing demolition nearly complete. The large blank wall shown in the center of the picture is that of the first house on the south side of 39th Street. In the background rise the towers of the Allerton House Fraternity Clubs, on the S.E. corner of 38th Street, the International Combustion Building at 200 Madison Avenue, and, between them, the Empire State Building. September 9, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, after completion of the demolition. October 1, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection