1939

Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

E. 36th Street, west from First Avenue, showing the clearance extending between 36th and 37th Streets. Thru this area will run the Midtown Queens Tunnel. Standing alone to the left is the St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library. This soon will be demolished. In the right background are skyscrapers forming the Fifth Avenue-42nd Street outline. Sept. 20, 1939 Nathan Schwartz New York Public Library

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection