1929

General view - Midtown Manhattan - 42nd Street (Northeast).

A general view of midtown Manhattan detailing portions of the Grand Central-42nd Street zone and the tenement district to the northeast. The quadrangular station and its towered Grand Central Bldg. are approached by Park Ave. The outstanding Chanin Blg. is on Lexington Avenue. To the east are Third, Second and First Avenues. The East River, its Queensboro Bridge, Welfare Island and Astoria shore are in the upper right corner. Lower Harlem is in the left. 1929 Doherty, photo Ewing Galloway

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection