Manhattan: Rockefeller Plaza - 5th Avenue

1933; 1938

Manhattan: Rockefeller Plaza - 5th Avenue

(1) Rockefeller Promenade, east from Rockefeller Plaza to Fifth Avenue, and showing prominently on the east side of the latter, Sakes Fifth Avenue store. Across the roof of same appears the upper portion of a 40-storied office structure, No. 444 Madison Avenue. In the foreground, on either side of the promenade, are two units of Rockefeller Centre; the British Empire Building on the left and La Maison Francaise opposite. P. L. Sperr (2) The same, from a lower vantage point. In the foreground is the sunken garden being utilized as an open air eating place. P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection