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10 East 40th Street ca. 1943 This building formerly known as the Chase Tower is located across from the New York Public Library at 40th street between Madison and 5th avenue. Ludlow and Peabody the architects who designed the NY Times Building and Peoples Trust Co. in Brooklyn designed 10 East 40th street, a massive 44 story office building in x. The entire width of the block, a 75x 200 ft site is extruded and setback gradually with no light courts. The elements and details are classical but reveal a modern essence
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Union League Club (1881)
The Union League Club, Fifth Avenue and E. 39th Street, New York City, undated (ca. 1882-1919).
Union League Club (1881)
Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - U. S. Grant's Funeral. Celebrations, Parades and Municipal Events: The General U. S. Grant funeral procession moving northward on Fifth Avenue as photographed from 41st Street atop the old reservoir. The dominant structure with flag atop is the Union League Club at the N.E. corner of 39th Street. August 8, 1885 H.N. Tiemann, Photo Gift of Urbrock Collection
Union League Club (1881)
Union League Clubhouse, Fifth Avenue and 39th Street, New York City; copy negative after an original by J.S. Johnston, circa 1885.
Union League Club (1881)
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Union League Club (1881)
Clubs, Union League.
Union League Club (1881)
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street Fifth Avenue, east side, north from 39th Street, showing Union League Club. Note hepublican streamer. 1908\. Brown Brothers, Photographers.. NO REPRODUCTIONS.
Union League Club (1881)
Union League Club, kitchen.
Union League Club (1881)
Union League Club, kitchen.
453 Fifth Avenue
5th Avenue and 40th Street. Arnold Constable Building.
14 East 40th Street
14 East 40th Street. Schanz Tailoring Establishment, exterior.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street. Hart and Hutchinson. Golf locker.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street. Hart and Hutchinson. Locker and cabinet.
Union League Club (1881)
Street Scene Looking Down Fifth Ave. from 40th Street. Looking down 5th Avenue from 40th Street.
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Fifth Avenue police parade, New York City, 1925.
Hotel Touraine
9 East 39th Street. Hotel Touraine
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street, New York City. View from Park Avenue and 39th Street. Street automobile traffic.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street. Telephoto of upper part. Upper stories and roof of the building with details of west facade.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street, New York City. General view of lobby. Cigar and cigarette stand.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street, New York City. Entrance detail. Located at 40th Street and Fifth Avenue.
Union League Club (1881)
Union League Club & Arnold Constable Bldg.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street, New York City. Entrance detail. With elevator door ("Express").
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street. General view from seventh floor, Buckley Newhall building. Looking east from Sixth Avenue showing the rear of the New York Public Library and Bryant Park with seated people.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street. General view from seventh floor, Buckley Newhall building. Looking east from Sixth Avenue showing the rear of the New York Public Library and Bryant Park.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street, NYC. From 45th story, Lincoln Building I. Taken from Lincoln Building (55 East 41st St.) with Hudson River in background.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street, NYC. From 45th story, Lincoln Building II. Taken from Lincoln Building (55 East 41st St.) looking southwest showing Hudson River.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street, NYC. Upper part from Lincoln Building. Upper stories of building taken from Lincoln Building (55 East 41st Street) showing a river in distance.
453 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street Fifth Avenue at 39th Street from Library steps. Note Union League Club in centre, now demolished. February 23, 1931. P.L. Sperr,Photographer. Fifth Avenue, east side, 40th to 39th Streets, from Library roof. Union League Club at right. April 28, 1931. P.L. Sperr,Photographer. Union League Club, N. E. corner of Fifth Avenue and 39th Street. March 10, 1929. P.L. Sperr,Photographer.
453 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street Fifth Avenue at 39th Street from Library steps. Note Union League Club in centre, now demolished. February 23, 1931. P.L. Sperr,Photographer. Fifth Avenue, east side, 40th to 39th Streets, from Library roof. Union League Club at right. April 28, 1931. P.L. Sperr,Photographer. Union League Club, N. E. corner of Fifth Avenue and 39th Street. March 10, 1929. P.L. Sperr,Photographer.
Union League Club (1881)
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 38th Street (1) North on Fifth Avenue from 38th Street. Note Union League Club at right, now demolished. February 23, 1931. P.L. Sperr,Photographer. (2) North on east s ide of Fifth Avenue, from south of 38th Street, showing razing of Union League Club. May 15, 1932. P.. Sperr,Photographer. (3) North on Fifth Avenue from south of 38tth Street. Union League 9lub is marked Y. It was built in 1883-84, and was demolished in 1932. It was a staunch Tepublican Club. March 10, 1929. P.L. Sperr,Photographer. M ggggcouuvcN00s N39'S Agggv xoRST60SS' VC28I3388S 9UOVNAN NVS .--- ~
Union League Club (1881)
39th Street and 5th Avenue, N.E. corner. Union League Club.
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5th Avenue and 40th Street. View looking N.E. from 39th Street at Arnold Constable Co. store.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street. General view from Lord and Taylor.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street. General view from Lord and Taylor.
10 East 40th Street
10 East 40th Street. General view from Lord and Taylor.
4 East 40th Street
Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue The 440 Club was a popular downstairs watering hole for local office inhabitants. So named - 4 East 40th. After losing lease it became a restaurant which failed within a short time. Bldg will be demolished to make way for new (proposed) home of The Republic National Bank. Earl Christian, photographer (NYPL) Aug.1979
451-459 Fifth Avenue
\[East Side of Fifth Ave. from 40th to 39th Sts.]
Union League Club (1881)
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street Union League Clubhouse, Fifth Avenue at N. E. corner of 39th Street, the year before its demolition. February 23, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) Demolition of the Union League Clubhouse. May 15,1932. P. L. Sperr.
Union League Club (1881)
Manhattan: interior, Union League Club, undated.
453 Fifth Avenue
Arnold Constable & Co., Fifth Avenue at 40th Street, New York Primary subject: Arnold Constable Department Store
Union League Club (1881)
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street Fifth Avenue, east side, north from East 39th to 41st Street's, showing prominently the Union League Club. This is located at the N.E. corner of 39th Street and is a magnificent specimen of Queene Anne architecture. The F.W. Woolworth Co. had a modern store structure erected on this site in 1938. Ths Club had previously moved to their modern Colonial building at the S.W. corner of Park Avenue and East 37th Street. About 1890 Gift Thru New York Historical Society May be reproduced
Union League Club (1881)
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street Fifth Avenue at N. E. corner of 39th Street, showing Union League Club. The club house was built in 1883 and cemolished in 1932. The new quarters are at Park Avenue and 37th Street. About 1930. Photograph by Wurts Brothers.
Union League Club (1881)
Union League Club. New York. Primary subject: Union League Club
Union League Club (1881)
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street Union League Clubhouse, Fifth Avenue at N. E. corner of 39th Street, the year before its demolition. February 23, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) Demolition of the Union League Clubhouse. May 15,1932. P. L. Sperr.
Union League Club (1881)
Union League Club. New York. Primary subject: Union League Club
10 East 40th Street
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street Fifth Ave., east side, south from East 41st Street. Prominent building shown, is No. 10 East 40th Street. June 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
10 East 40th Street
Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue 3Vth Street, noth side, from Park to Fifth Avenues, showing the tower of 9 East 39th Street or 10 East 40th. Street. October 1, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
Union League Club (1881)
Manhattan: Union League Club, Fifth Avenue and 39th Street, undated.
10 East 40th Street
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 38th Street (East) Madison Avenue, west side, north from East 38th Street, showing the cleared 38th-39th Street frontage, and it's solitary Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service administration building suurrounded by various office structures. Among the latter is the towering No. 10 E. 40th St. Bldg. Note the cleared easterly portion of the Avenue and across which two of these views are photographed. May 27, 1939 P. L. Sperr
10 East 40th Street
Manhattan: 40th Street (East) - Madison Avenue 10 East 40th Street, excavation for a new skyscraper, south side, between Madison and Fifth Avenues, showing Nos. 14, 10, 6-8 East 39th Street. December 14, 1927. P. L. Sperr.
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