Lexington Ave. & 46th/47th Sts., 8/25/1914
"Route 5, Section 7. Aug. 25, 1914 Lex. Ave. 46-47th St. Camera at Station 227+85 and 6' east of east curb of Lexington Ave. Showing sidewalk on east side of Lex. Ave. between 46th and 47th St. Looking North. Time 2.26 P.M. Thayer, G.W. Pullis, Manchester Rosenfeld" An exterior photograph displaying Lexington Avenue at the intersections of 46th and 47th Streets, looking toward the north. Apartment houses, office buildings, and a large factory line the avenue. Workers and pedestrians are active on the sidewalk. Several streetcars are traveling along the avenue.
New York Transit MuseumLexington Avenue at East 47th Street, east of the Grand Central rail yards, August 25, 1914.
The building at left, with smokestacks, was the station's steam powerhouse until 1929, when it was demolished in favor of electric power. After the Waldorf-Astoria was completed in 1931, across 49th Street, certain of the hotel's most prominent guests made use of a private train platform originally built for service cars calling at the powerhouse.
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