Business enterprises--New York (State)--New York--Maps.
This map represents 34th Street and shows what Midtown Manhattan's 20th Ward looked like in 1867. Various businesses are visible: a granite mill, ironworks, a rice mill, a boiler shop, a stone yard, a coal company, railroad yards and the railroad...
Construction projects--New York (State)--New York.
The southeast corner of 36th Street and Eleventh Avenue shows the construction of the 7 subway line, which will eventually run to the Jacob K. Javitts Convention Center on the West Side. Midtown buildings rise behind while signs near the corner...
Thirty-third Street (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Maps.
This cropped image shows two blocks between 9th Avenue and 11th Avenue and between 33rd Street and 35th Street. The buildings, colored in red, include row houses, garages, the 33rd Street Trucking Company, St. Mary's Hospital for Children, St....
Opened in 1880, the 2nd Avenue elevated ("El") train had a stop at 34th Street. There are people walking on the sidewalks and crossing between the train lines. Carts are parked along the curbs and under the elevated tracks.
The view from the Park Avenue Hotel shows the rooftops of the buildings across the street as well as part of Park Avenue stretching up to Grand Central Railroad Station at the north end. Originally built as the Grand Central Depot, this Grand...
View of two sides of the Park Avenue Hotel exterior from the corner of Park Avenue and 33rd Street. In the foreground are horses and carriages as well as dogs and people walking on the sidewalks. The hotel no longer exists.
The caption reads: "The Casino and Abbey's Theatre, Broadway Thirty-sixth to Thirty-eighth Street." The Casino Theatre was built by Kimball & Wisedell for producer Rudolph Aronson. Managed by Canary & Lederer (1894-1903) the Shuberts acquired the...
A map showing the Midtown Manhattan area in 1867, well before commerce transformed it into skyscrapers and department stores. The farms are being divided into individual allotments to create housing and businesses.
This map centers on 34th Street and shows what Midtown Manhattan's 21st Ward looked like in 1867. It features the East River lumber yards, the ferry to Hunters Point, the location of mansions, the railroad engine house (East of 4th Ave), and a...
Another color postcard with an idealized drawing of the Empire State Building. The image erroneously shows the mooring mast shaped like a pylon and functioning like a lighthouse, with beams streaking out of it on two sides and into the night. A...
This color postcard is an idealized drawing of the Empire State Building looking at it from Fifth Avenue. There are the smaller buildings surrounding the Empire State Building. On Fifth Avenue, people are walking on the sidewalks while the street...
Caption reads: "34th Street, showing Macy's and the Empire State Building, New York." View of 34th Street looking east. Shows Macy's on the left with 34th Street in the middle of the picture. To the left looming up in the distance is the Empire...
