1931

Manhattan: 1st Avenue - 35th Street (East)

St. Gabriel's Park, from N.W. corner of First Avenue and 35th Street, showing St. Gabriel's Parochial School on the north side of 36th Street, the spire of St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church, which is on the south side of 37th Street, and a ghostlike line of skyscrapers on the horizon. From left to right they are: 10 East 40th Street (1930), the New York Trust Building at 277 Madison Avenue (1931), the Lefcourt Colonial Building (1929) at 297 Madison Avenue (corner of 41st Street) 500 Fifth Avenue (1931) nearly hidden by the Lefcourt Colonial, the Lincoln Building (1929) at 60 East 42nd Street (between Madison and Park Avenues), the Chanin Building (early 1929) on Lexington Avenue (north side) from 41st to 42nd Streets, the Chrysler Building (1930) diagonally across Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street from the Chanin Building, and the Daily News Building on the south side of 42nd Street, east of Third Avenue. September 11, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection