1939

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 38th Street (East)

Park Avenue, west side, north from East 38th Street. At 39th Street is a vacant lot at the S.W. corner and the Princeton Club opposite. Beyond the latter is a 2-story taxpayer at 40th Street and the old Murray Hill Hotel. Grand Central Station is at the right margin. Towering overhead are several of the huge office buildings that form a part of the 42nd Street--Grand Central sky-line. The three shown are Johns Vanaville, Lefcourt-Colonial and the Lincoln Buildings. On the left is a portion of the apartment-hotel identified as No. 70 Park Avenue. This is at the N.W. corner of 38th Street. May 27, 1939 Views 1,2 P.L. Sperr VIEW 1, A2 NEG. # 4280

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection