Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 40th Street
Fifth Avenue, west side, from West 40th to 42nd Street's, showing the removal of the flag pole and base at the south end of the plaza to the front of the N.Y.P.L. View 1 is southward, with the Library on the right, and Fifth Avenue buildings to the left. The latter comprise the 40th to 39th Street frontage. In the center is the Brooks Bros. Bldg. at the S.W. corner of 40th Street. View 2 is northward and includes the skyscraper, No. 500 Fifth Avenue. February 14, 1941 No's. 1-2 Nathan Schwartz, photo Photostat Division of the New York Public Library
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
