1932

General view - [Lower East side of Manhattan - Williamsburg Bridge (North).]

A general view northward from the Williamsburg Bridge, showing on the horizon the 42nd Street-Midtown skyline. From left to right the structures are, the Consolidated Edison Co, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, New York Life Insurance Co, Empire State, No. 10 E. 40th Street, No. 500 Fifth Avenue, R. C. A. (under construction), Lincoln, Chanin, Chrysler, Hotel Waldorf Astoria (twin spires), General Electric, News and Hotel Woodstock Buildings. View No. 3 centers the Empire State Building between the iron cross ribs of the bridge. September 18, 1932 Views: 1, 2 and 3 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection