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Manhattan: 42nd Street - Vanderbilt Avenue

1936

Manhattan: 42nd Street - Vanderbilt Avenue

E. 42nd Street, north side, west from Vanderbilt Avenue, as viewed northwestward from the Chanin Bldg, showing prominently the 500 Fifth Avenue Bldg. outlined against the North River and the Jersey Shore. October 3, 1936. P.L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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