1928; 1938

Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 31st St. E.

(1) First Ave., north from, but not including East 31st Street, showing the smoking stacks of the N.Y. Steam Corp. (foreground), and the N.Y. Edison Co. (background). Note the elevated spur on East 34th. Street. To-day (1937) this has been removed. September 10, 1928. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from a point slightly northward. September 10, 1928. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same as No. 1, at a later date. Note absence of the 34th Street spur. The distinctive building seen in the distance is the Beekman Towers at the N.E. corner of First Avenue and Mitchell Place (E. 49th Street). March 27, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection