1930

General view - Canal Street - Northwest.

54-58 Canal Street, at the S.W. corner of Orchard Street, (a panoramic view westward (No. 1) and northwestward (No. 2). In the first instance the outstanding feature is the Manhattan Bridge Plaza. To the left is Chinatown and beyond are civic structures around Foley Square. View 2 shows tenement roofs topped by the Hotel Libby. This building will be razed in conjunction with the development of Sarah Delano Roosevelt Park. May 9, 1930 Views: 1-2 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection