Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

East 36th Street, north side, east of Second Avenue (foreground), showing demolition for the pla2a
approach to the Midtown Gueens tunnel.
Standing intact in all views is the St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library. This is the last of the builonga re.aining on the "plaza" and it too will be
razed in early 1940.
Adjoining same and partially destroyed in the early views are St. Gabriel's HLall and Parochial School. To the extreme right appear buiidings on the east side of First Avenue, between 36th and 37th Streets.
Views 1-2 May 26, 1939
View 3 June 28, 1939
P. L. Sperr