Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 38th Street (West)

1930; 1938

Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 38th Street (West)

Sixth Avenue, west side, south from West 39th (right) to 38th (left) Streets, showing a station of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Line at the latter point. At the right appears the Princess Theatre and which became the I.L.G.W.U.'s Labor Stage, to show the labor travesty "Pins and Needles." The photographer's vantage point is the loft structure, No. 65 West 39th Street, located at the N. E. corner of Sixth Avenue. For other general views of this area see items listed under that address. View 2 is from the street level and shows the details of buildings forming this blockfront. View 1: February 28, 1930 P. L. Sperr View 2: June 1938 George D. Chinn

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection