1929

Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 1st Avenue

East 42nd Street (prominent structures thereon) west from First (right, not seen) to Lexington (left) Aves., showing the Chrysler and the News Buildings under construction. The first is at the N.E. corner of Lexington Ave. and 42nd Street, while the latter is on the south side of 42nd Street, between First and Second Aves. Photographers vantage point is atop a roof on 40th Street, east of Second Ave. and viewing northwestward. August 16, 1929. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection