1927

Manhattan: Beekman Place - 51st Street (East)

(1) Beekman Place, at and adjoining the S.E. corner of East 51st Street. Also shown is East 5lst Street, south side, east from, and including Beekman Place to the East River. September 20, 1927 P. L. Sperr 1 1 r5T1 Neg. # 4159 (2) A further view southward to East 50th (Dunscomb Place) Street. Katherine Cornell, William S. Paley, Abram Poole, Merrill Smith and Mrs. Ellen Shipman reside in the block shown. The distinctive 3 1/2 story building, (No. 33, the former Jackson E. Reynolds home) has been sold to Billy Rose, showman. An account of this appeared in the New York Times of December 28, 1939. September 20, 1927 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection