
Manhattan: 40th Street - 1st Avenue
(1) 40th Street, north side, west from clearing between First and Second Avenues, seen from a slight elevation. The nearest remaining house is 313 East 40th Street. In the right background may be seen the skeleton of the Daily News Building under construction at 220 East 42nd Street,and in the far background the half-completed Lefcourt Colonial Building at Madison Avenue and 41st Street. August 16,1929. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same,seen from the ground a little farther west. August 16, 1939. P. L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection











