1930

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

Bryant Park, north section, eastward along West 42nd Street. Buildings shown are on the north side of West 42nd Street, east from Sixth to Fifth Aves. Note the structural work at the N.W. corner of Fifth Ave. This will be the skyscraper, No. 500 Fifth Ave. when completed. Views 2 and 3 show a portion of the rear of the New York Public Library which faces on the Ave. Also note in these, the uncompleted spire of the Chrysler Building. May 10, 1930. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection