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Sutton Place & 57th Street, Manhattan

27 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street, 1922

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street, 1927–1928

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street, 1927–1928

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street, 1927–1928

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Sutton Place, 1928

    Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Sutton Place

    1928

  • Manhattan: 56th Street - Sutton Place., 1928

    Manhattan: 56th Street - Sutton Place.

    1928

  • Manhattan: 56th Street - Sutton Place South, 1930

    Manhattan: 56th Street - Sutton Place South

    1930

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - Sutton Place, 1931

    Manhattan: 57th Street - Sutton Place

    1931

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street

    1932

  • East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 57th Street - [Sutton Place ] - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges., 1933

    East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 57th Street - [Sutton Place ] - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges.

    1933

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street

    1933

  • East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 53rd and 59th Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Chrysler Building; General Electric Company; Lincoln Building; New York Central Railroad Building; New York Steam Corporation; R.C.A. Building; River House; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.], 1933–1935

    East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 53rd and 59th Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Chrysler Building; General Electric Company; Lincoln Building; New York Central Railroad Building; New York Steam Corporation; R.C.A. Building; River House; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.]

    1933; 1935

  • East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 57th Street - [Sutton Place ] - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges., 1933

    East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 57th Street - [Sutton Place ] - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges.

    1933

  • East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 57th Street - [Sutton Place ] - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges., 1933

    East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 57th Street - [Sutton Place ] - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges.

    1933

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street

    1933

  • East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 53rd and 59th Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Chrysler Building; General Electric Company; Lincoln Building; New York Central Railroad Building; New York Steam Corporation; R.C.A. Building; River House; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.], 1933–1935

    East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 53rd and 59th Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Chrysler Building; General Electric Company; Lincoln Building; New York Central Railroad Building; New York Steam Corporation; R.C.A. Building; River House; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.]

    1933; 1935

  • East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 53rd and 59th Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Chrysler Building; General Electric Company; Lincoln Building; New York Central Railroad Building; New York Steam Corporation; R.C.A. Building; River House; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.], 1933–1935

    East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 53rd and 59th Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Chrysler Building; General Electric Company; Lincoln Building; New York Central Railroad Building; New York Steam Corporation; R.C.A. Building; River House; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.]

    1933; 1935

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Sutton Place., 1936

    Manhattan: 57th Street (East) - Sutton Place.

    1936

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: Sutton Place - 57th Street (East)

    1938

  • Recreation and hobbies - Quoits players., 1940

    Recreation and hobbies - Quoits players.

    1940

  • Sutton Place - 57th Street east side - looking north

    Sutton Place - 57th Street east side - looking north

    Unknown

  • 1 Sutton Place South - East 57th Street

    1 Sutton Place South - East 57th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street, 1937

Photo 23 of 27 at Sutton Place & 57th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Sutton Place - 56th Street

1937

Sutton Place (formerly Avenue A), west side, south from E. 58th to 56th Streets. Prominently shown is a 14 story apartment house at the N. W. corner of this thoroughfare and E. 57th Street. A similar type structure was erected at the S. W. corner in the Spring of 1939. This site appears vacant in this photo. Gift of Beecher Ogden 1937

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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