1933; 1934

Manhattan: 6th Avenue - [42nd Street]

(1) Demolition of the Federal Hall replica, Bryant Park, east-center the view is northeast, the year after the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration. April 24, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a later stage. May 1, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (3) The center part of the Park, seen from Sixth Avenue, showing the remodelling of the Park in process under the regime of Commissioner Robert Moses, New York's first city-wide Commissioner of Parks. Prior to an enabling act passed in 1934 by the State Legislature, there was a separate Park Commissioner for each borough. August 20, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection