1926; 1929

Manhattan: Broadway - 42nd Street (West)

Broadway, at W. 44th Street as viewed northwestward from the Bush Terminal Building on 42nd Street. This location appears in the center of the view and shows at the S.W., the N.W. and the S.E. corners respectively, the Paramount Building, the Hotel Astor and the Hotel Claridge. In the foreground appears W. 43rd Street with the 12 story Cadillac Hotel to the east of Times Square. Adjacent to same and only 6 stories in height is the Hotel Yates. P.L. Sperr Astor Hotel in daytime. 1926 Astor Hotel at Midnight March 18, 1929.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection