1938

Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place

Greenwich Street, north from Battery Place as viewed from the "El" station at that point showing the Ninth Avenue "El" tracks obscuring the street level. At the right are the Washington Building, the Bowling Green Building, the Cunard Building, and the Electric Bond and Share Building. The prominent structure shown to the left and diagonally opposite: the last named building is a 35 storied structure bearing No. 21 Rector Street and is recently erected. May 23, 1938. P.L. Sperr # 12 Greenwich Street and northwards from Battery Place, after removal of "El". P. L. Sperr May 4, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection