Manhattan: 12th Street (East) - Avenue C
(1) East 12th Street, west from Avenue C. Note clearances in this slum area; that, on the right being where a four story tenement collapsed around February 1938. P. L. Sperr. (2) No's 639 to 647 East 12th Street, north side, west of Avenue C. These buildings appear on the right of View No. 1; the photographer viewing same northward from the clearance on the opposite side. March 24, 1938. P. L. Sperr. (3) The vacant space to the west of View 2 that includes the sites of former Nos. 629 to 637 inclusive. The condemned four story front and rear buildings shown are Nos. 627. March 24, 1938. P. L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
