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General view - [Midtown Manhattan] - Rockefeller Plaza from R.C.A. Building.
A general view northeastward for the 70 storied R.C.A. Building at Rockefeller Plaza, showing the midtown East Side - Yorkville - Lower Harlem districts of Manhattan bordering on the East River. In the mid ground are the white units that comprise the New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical College Center. Beyond appears the Borough of Queens, the Hellgate Bridge and the Long Island Sound. August 9, 1933 Views 1, 2 and 3 P. L. Sperr
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
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