1936

Manhattan: Columbus Circle - Between Central Park West and Central Park South - [59th Street (West).]

Columbus Circle, northeast segment between Central Park West (left) and Central Park South (right), also known as West 59th Street, and showing the Maine Monument (at entrance to Central Park) and the Columbus Statue (mid circle). Across Central Park appears the east side of Fifth Ave., north from 59th Street with the Sherry-Netherland and the Hotel Pierre Towers silhouetted against the sky. Also shown is Central Park South, east from Columbus Circle with its jumble of apartment houses. 1936. W.P.A. Photo. Federal Writers Project.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection