1931

General View - Manhattan - 42nd Street - 5th Avenue.

(1) A general view, northeast from 500 Fifth Ave., at the N.W. corner of 42nd Street, showing the Waldorf Astoria (Park Ave., and 50th St.), near completion, and directly behind is the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, (Work Ave., north from 64th to 67th Sts., and east to Marie Curie Ave). In the background is the East River and at the extreme right is the Grand Central Building 45th Street, (between Vanderbilt and Lexington Aves). June 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, without the Grand Central Building. June 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, as No. 2. June 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection