New York, NY on South of Union Square

South of Union Square

100 Park Avenue

Murray Hill Hotel

Murray Hill Hotel: Spiral; Changing New York

112 Park Avenue at East 40th Street. The skyscraper in the background is located at 22 East 40th Street.

IMAGE DATE1935

From

Museum of the City of New York

Murray Hill Hotel fire escapes, November 19, 1935.

Berenice Abbott's photo captures the intricate ironwork of the Murray Hill Hotel fire escapes. The building in the background is located at 22 East 40th Street (now 275 Madison Avenue), a 43-story Art Deco skyscraper by Kenneth Franzheim.

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