1939; 1940

Manhattan: 34th Street (East) - East River Drive

East 34th Street, north side, from the East River (right) to First Avenue, showing details of the easterly terminus of this crosstown thoroughfare. The photographer is viewing northwestward towards the skyscraper outline at 42nd Street, where the graceful Chrysler Bldg. and the utilitarian News Bldg. appear. These are observed across the cleared site at the rivers edge. The New York Steam Co. plant on the right magin is at the foot of 35th Street. April 11, 1940 Sept. 19, 1939 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection