Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 1st Avenue

East 42nd Street (prominent structures thereon) west from First (right, not seen) to Lexington (left) Avenues, showing the Chrysler and the News Buildings under construction. The first is at the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street, while the latter is on the south side of 42nd Street, between First and Second Avenues. Photographer's vantage point is atop a roof on 40th Street, east of Second Avenue, and viewing northwestward.

August 16, 1929.

P. L. Sperr.