1893

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - Broadway

Fifth Avenue and Broadway, north from 23rd Street and environs. From left to right respectively are Broadway, Fifth Avenue, Madison Square (Park) and the well known amusement center, Madison Square Garden. E. 26th Street forms the northerly rim of the park. In the right foreground is the seated statue of William Seward, Sec'y of State in President Lincoln's cabinet. The Worth monument is at the triangular apex formed by Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Prominent on the latter thoroughfare are, the Marble Collegiate Church, the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria and the Brick Presbyterian Church. 1893 J. S. Johnston, photo Copyright 1894 Ewing Galloway

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection