1916

Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue.

(1) West 42nd Street, west from a point slightly west of Fifth Ave. and showing buildings on the north side facing Bryant Park. Prominent building shown in the background is the Bush Terminal Building. Note its 8-story annex under construction. The left foreground of this view is the base of the huge Salmon Tower Building. Nicholas Savostayanoff. Gift of Geo. D. Chinn. 1916. (2) A detail of the buildings seen in No. 1 and showing mainly the 18-story Aeolian Hall Building, No. 29-33 West 42nd Street, as viewed in a northward direction, from the Bryant Park Mall at the rear of the New York Public Library (right). To the right of the Hall appears the 5 storied Central Building; while to the left is Stern Brothers Department Store. Nicholas Savostayanoff. Gift of Geo. D. Chinn. 1916.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection