1937; 1939

Manhattan: 34th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

East 34th Street, west from Second Avenue, showing this crosstown thoroughfare before and after the removal of the remaining portion of the spur line between the Second and Third Avenue's "El" lines. This section was allowed to remain in a stripped condition because of the power supply house at the right margin. In the left background appear the blending 71st Regiment Armory tower and the Vanderbilt Hotel, overshadowed by the dominant Empire State Bldg. 1: April 26, 1937 2&3: May 27, 1939 W. P. A., photo Five Boroughs Project P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection