1925; 1926; 1931

East River - Shore and skyline of lower Manhattan - South Ferry - Williamsburg Bridge - Battery Park - Coenties Slip - [South Brooklyn Municipal Ferry.]

(1) East River, from Battery Park (left) to Coenties Slip, showing the skyline of Lower Manhattan. Also shown (left to right) are piers 1 (Staten Island Ferry landing); 2 (landing of the Municipal Ferry to South Brooklyn), and 4. March 1925. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from a different angle and showing a more extensive view northward with the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges appearing in the background. -Also shown (right) is the Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn. May 24, 1926. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same; at a later date, showing the change of the skyline. The prominent structures (left to right) are; Irwing Trust Co., Irving Bank Columbia Trust, Bank of Manhattan, City Bank Farmers Trust, 60 Wall Street Tower (under construction) and the American Sugar Refining Co. Buildings. Also shown (extreme left) is Battery Park and the Battery Landing Platform. Note the convict ship "Success" being towed up the river. Summer 1931. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection