Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 56th Street

5th Ave., east side, & 56th St.
A front view of New York's most beautiful and perfectly
appointed home for the apparel of women, misses and
children, the Bonwit Teller shop at Fifth Ave. & 56th St.
In taking over what was formerly the Stewart Building,
Bonwit Teller found it necessary to completely reconstruct
both its interior & exterior plan to fit the physical
necessities of their organization and to meet their
policies and ideals. Ely Jacques Kahn is the architect
responsible for this reconstruction. Shown here is a
section of the new front of the store with its dignified
facade of Benedict metal and glass which runs up two
floors and enables the shop to be flooded with sunlight.
Sigurd Fischer, photographer.
1932?
Neg. #2134