1939

Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 37th St. E.

First Avenue, at East 37th Street, showing the Queens Midtown Tunnel under construction at the S. W. corner. The buildings on the right are on the east side of the Avenue, extending from 37th to 39th Street's. The stacks shown are atop the Consolidated Edison Co. generating plant at the East River. The photographer is viewing northeastward from a vantage point on 36th Street, between First and Second Avenue's. June 28, 1939 October 11, 1939 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection