1930

General view - [Lower East side of Manhattan - Williamsburg Bridge (North).]

A general view northward from the Williamsburg Bridge to show lower East Side tenement roofs, the skyline of the 42nd Street-Midtown zone. From left to right the prominent structures are, the Consolidated Edison Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York Life Insurance Co., Empire State (under construction), No. 10 E. 40th Street, No. 500 Fifth Avenue, Lefcourt Colonial, Lincoln, Chanin, Chrysler, Hotel Waldorf Astoria (under construction), General Electric (at this date the R. C. A.), and the Hotel Woodstock of Tudor City, Buildings. P. L. Sperr October 19, 1930 Views: 1-2

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection