1939

Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

E. 36th Street, west from First Avenue, showing prominently the northeasterly corner of St. Gabriel's Park, viewed southwestward. Bounding this open area are buildings on 35th Street (left), Second Avenue (center, "El" thereupon) and 36th Street (right(. In the background, at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, is the huge Empire State Building. January 8, 1939 Somach Photo Service New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection