Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 58th Street

Fifth Avenue, west side, from West 58th (left) to 59th (right) Street's, showing the Plaza Hotel, opened to the public in 1890. It is set back from the Avenue with a small plaza and has Central Park on its north (right). Demolished in 1907, it was replaced with a new hotel structure of the same name. 1890's Langill, photo Gift of Urbrock Collection REPRODUCTION RIGHTS UNKNOWN

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection