1940

Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

Eighth Avenue, (left) east side, north from Hudson Street (foreground), showing the bandstand silhouetted against a new 6-story apartment house. The latter is on Bleecker Street, between the Avenue and Bank Street (right). Irrespective of this, it will bear an Abingdon Square number. To the left is the 16-story apartment house, No. 20 Abingdon Square, located at the S. E. corner of 8th Avenue and W. 12th Street. View 2 is limited to first mentioned feature. The dark 5-story dwelling at the left is No. 4 Abingdon Square. P. L. Sperr May 12, 1940 April 9, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection