1920

General view - East side of Lower Manhattan.

A general view of the lower East Side of Manhattan as photographed northeastward from the Liberty Tower (?) at No. 55 Liberty Street (N.W. corner of Nassau Street). In the foreground is the commercial district below the Brooklyn Bridge. North of same is the beginning of the tenement zone . The three East River bridges shown are the Brooklyn, the Manhattan, and the Williamsburg. About 1920-5 Gift of the Gress Collection November 21, 1935 New York Edison Co., photo

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection