Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

42nd Street, west across Fifth Avenue (foreground) as photographed from the Lincoln Building. Bryant Park and the New York Public Library on the left, face the 500 Fifth Avenue Building, Salmon Towers, Aeolian Hall and Stern Brothers Department Store. The 6th Avenue "El" station appears st the top. 1938-9. Alexander Alland.

This photo is one of a series that appeared in the published volume "Portrait of N.Y." by Felix Reisenberg and Alexander Alland, IRGV.