Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 12th Avenue, 1940

Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 12th Avenue

West 34th Street, east from a point east of Twelfth Avenue, showing this thoroughfare being carried by a steel ramp over the railroad yards. This, in conjunction with a similar arrangement for Eleventh Avenue, constituted a major feature in the rehabilitation of this area under the joint auspices of the City and the Company in the furtherance of the West Side Improvement Project. View 2 is closer to Eleventh Avenue, being photographed across same. Note the distinctive Empire State Building in the background of both views. August 24, 1940 September 2, 1940. P.L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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