Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 40th Street (West)
Sixth Avenue, at W. 40th Street, (right) showing "El" demolition at this point. The photographer is viewing north-eastward and snows across Bryant Park, buildings on the north side of W. 42nd Street between this thoroughfare and Fifth Avenue. From left to right these are: Sterns Department Store, the former Aeolian Hall, the Salmon Tower and No. 500 Fifth Avenue. Nestling beneath the latter is a wing of the New York Public Library. April 4, 1939 Mr. Nathan Schwartz New York Public Library
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
