1939

General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.]

General View 303-5 East 36th Street, (St. Gabriel's branch New York Public Library), adjoining the N. E. corner of Second Avenue, showing a general view from atop this structure which is shortly to be demolished. Two views are westward and show the Empire State Building at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. The larger of the others is northward in direction, to show the graceful Chrysler Building on Lexington Avenue at 42nd Street. The last photo is towards Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, showing mainly the No. 10 E. 40th Street Building. Fall 1939 Views 1, 2, 3, and 4 Gift of Beecher Ogden

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection