1937

Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

West 53rd Street, east from a point east of Sixth Ave. and showing a clearance (incorporating Nos. 2 to 22) that adjoins the S.W. corner of Fifth Ave. This may have been necessitated by subway construction which is progressing in the westerly portion of this block. On the opposite side, at the N.W. corner of Fifth Ave. is St. Thomas P.E. Church. This set consists of three views, No. 2 and 3 emphasizing the aforementioned clearance. The latter is in a southwesterly direction to show the R.K.O. Building of Rockefeller Center across the roofs of buildings on the north side of West 52nd Street. November 22, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection