1936

General view - Midtown Manhattan - 42nd Street - [View from 444 Madison Avenue - 49th Street.]

A general view of the midtown Manhattan - 42nd Street district as photographed southward from No. 444 Madison Avenue (at 49th Street). Across the view, from left to right are the upper stories of the Chrysler, Grand Central Chanin, Lincoln, Lefcourt-Colonial, Johns Manville, New York Life, Metropolitan, No. 10 E. 40th Street, Empire State, and No. 500 Fifth Avenue buildings. Running thru the center is Madison Avenue. To the left is Park Avenue. Fifth Avenue is on the right. 1936 W. P. A., photo Federal Writers Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection