1930

Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 49th Street

(1) Madison Avenue, south from 50th Street, showing block of small buildings on west side, 50th to 49th Streets which were demolished the following year, and the old building on S. E. corner of 50th Street, which was demolished late in 1929 to make room for the new building of Hotel New Weston. July 1929. P.L. Sperr, Photographer. (2) Madison Avenue, west side, looking south from 50th Street. Block of low houses in foreground, between 50th and 49th Street, was demolished in 1930. Conspicuous in background is the Lincoln Building. Just visible in the extreme background is the top of the Metropolitan Life Building tower. March 4, 1930. P.L. Sperr, Photographer.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection