Manhattan: Avenue A - 12th Street (East)
Avenue A, north from East 12th Street, showing surface conditions after repavement by the Works Progress Administration. Former streetcars that operated here have been replaced by busses. The while building in the midground is the Mecca, a theatre auditorium at 14th Street. The truck in the center obstructs a view of Bellevue Hospital. May 17, 1937 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
