General view - Midtown Manhattan - Queensboro Bridge., 1930

General view - Midtown Manhattan - Queensboro Bridge.

A general view of the midtown Manhattan-Queensboro Bridge vicinity as photographed northeastward from the Chrysler Bldg. This district lies above 42nd Street; the bridge being at 59th Street. Nestling at the base of same is the residential development, Sutton Place. Welfare Island divides the East River into two channels. Long Island City in Queens is on the far shore. Diagonally across the left corner is Second Avenue with its elevated line. 1930 Ewing Galloway

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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