1939

Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 35th St. E.

Second Avenue, at East 35th Street, as photographed from atop the St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library at No. 30 East 36th Street. To the left are the handball courts in the western portion of St. Gabriels Park. The Second Avenue "El" darkens the roadbed. It's 34th Street station barely appears at the margin. In the background, at Madison Square are the distinctive buildings of the Metropolitan and the New York Life Insurance Co's. Gift of Beecher Ogden September, 1939

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection