1939

Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

East 36th Street, at the N.W. corner of First Avenue, showing construction for the plaza of the Midtown-Queens tunnel. The underground cut is enclosed by the second fence. Tenements seen are on the north side of 37th Street between First and Second Avenues. Across the background from left to right, are the Lincoln, Chanin, Chrysler and News Buildings. View 1: May 26, 1939 Views 2-3: June 28, 1939 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection