Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue.
(1) West 42nd Street, west from a point slightly west of Fifth Ave. and showing buildings on the north side facing Bryant Park. Prominent building shown in the background is the Bush Terminal Building. Note its 8-story annex under construction. The left foreground of this view is the base of the huge Salmon Tower Building.
Nicholas Savostayanoff.
Gift of Geo. D. Chinn.
(2) A detail of the buildings seen in No. 1 and showing mainly the 18-story Aeolian Hall Building, No. 29-33 West 42nd Street, as viewed in a northward direction,from the Bryant Park Mall at the rear of the New York Public Library (right). To the right of the Hall appears the 5 storied Central Building; while to the left is Stern Brothers Department Store.
Nicholas Savostayanoff.
Gift of Geo. D. Chinn.