1935

Manhattan: Broadway - 44th Street (West)

(1) Broadway, east side, north from West 44th Street, and showing excavation where the former Criterion and Loew's N.Y. Theatre stood. This view shows Loew's State (motion picture) Theatre entrance thru the 17-story Building, at the N.E. corner of West 45th Street, with the theatre building at it's rear. August 9, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (2) A portion of No. 1, and showing across excavation, the Lyceum Theatre (Nos. 157-149), with the 45th Street Exchange (Nos. 147-141) adjoining. Note the R.K.O. Building and R.C.A. Tower in the background. August 9, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (3) A view westward thru excavation, and showing the west side of Broadway, with the Hotel Astor thereon, with 44th Street on the left. August 9, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection