1937

Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue

1. East 42nd Street, north side, west from the East River, showing piles of old street car rails on an empty lot, and farther west the 23-story Prospect tower, on the east side of Prospect Place, between 42nd and 43rd Streets. In the background is visible the Chrysler Building, at the N.E. corner of Lexington Ave. March 31, 1937. 2. A detail of No. 1, viewing slightly northward, showing across the piles of old street car rails the north side of East 43rd Street, west to First Ave. These buildings are all units of the United Dressed Beef Co., a meat supply corporation. March 31, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection