Eighth Avenue Traffic Halted - New York - Alert-curious office workers, peering down from buildings at Eighth Avenue and 34th Street saw traffic halted in orderly fashion by helmeted policemen and civilian defense officers. At 2:55 the practice...
Markham replies to Carr stating he will send him an article for the Christmas edition. Markham also gives Carr permission to quote any of his poems and also sends an article he wrote for the Homiletic Review
Aerial view of the Hotel New Yorker. Caption on back of the photograph states "Photograph shows the New Yorker, and Eighth Avenue and 34th Street in the foreground. The New Yorker, which is 45 stories high, and has over 2500 rooms, will open in the...
Sailors' Snug Harbor photographs, SUNY Maritime College, Staten Island, New York.
Various news clippings from the Staten Island Advance and The Villager about Sailors' Snug Harbor and its Manhattan properties with photo included. Keywords: Richmond Day Center's Staten Island Hobby Show, Club for Friendly Adults, University...
A street scene of 34th Street during World War II. Advertisements and cars can be seen as well as people on the sidewalks, standing up against the buildings. In the foreground, a man with a white armband stands in the middle of the street. This...
The caption reads: "New York. The site for the tunnel terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 34th St." Cars are parked along the road running parallel to the site on the right. Penn Station was built in 1910 by McKim, Mead & White. It was...
The image is from an article in a bound volume of essays from various sources entitled "Magazine Articles on New York City". The writer of the article, Symmes Richardson, was an engineer and a partner of Charles McKim.
The signal and switch tower in the yard at the west end of the station, showing overhead rails which supplement the third rail on the ground for carrying over switches. Entrance to the tunnels under the Hudson River can be seen in the middle...
Image showing magnificent Beaux-Arts architectural features such as vaulted ceiling and fluted Corinthian columns. Travelers are moving through the vast concourse. The author of the article, W. Symmes Richardson, was an engineer and a partner of...
Image taken from behind a Doric column highlighting the breadth of the space. The author of the article featuring this illustration was W. Symmes Richardson, an engineer and a partner of Charles McKim.
Aerial view of the original Penn Station designed by architects McKim, Mead and White. The image has a view of various rooftops and of pedestrians on the street below. Madison Square Garden in presently standing on this location.
Photograph of an architectural drawing of the New Yorker Hotel. Hotel designed by Sugarman & Berger. Caption on back of the photograph states "Architect's drawing of the New Yorker, to rise between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Streets."
