Midtown, 1931. The tracks lead to Penn Station. Post Office spans tracks, may some day be Penn Station. Fairchild.
Sikorsky Clipper, 1931. New spires gleam. River traffic, piers, ocean liner in slip.
Midtown’s lineup of spires with sky in between, 1931.
Six engines! 1931.
The valley between, 1931.
Brooklyn foreground, 1931. Small scale dense area between bridges on Manhattan side now a Ville Radieuse. Fairchild.
Spires of Gotham, 1932
Tropical Drinks Five Cents, 1932
Subway execs inspect new subway car, 1933. Breakthrough blowers ventilate with windows closed! Cane seats.
Columbus Circle, 1933. No Time-Warner, no Trump International, no Venetian palazzetto.
Just $24 in1626? More than that in 1933.
Three-point perspective, 1934.
Berenice Abbott photos, 1935
Chambers at Oak. Horse-drawn wagon.
Bowery.
Henry St. Beyond, Towers of Zenith loom in the mist.
Mad King Ludwig in Greenwich Village: Jeferson Market, then Jefferson Courthouse, now Jefferson Library, 6th Avenue.
Murray Hill Hotel with fancy fire escape.
Cities Service Tower. Horse-drawn wagons lingered into the mid-sixties.
Prickly skyline with famous bridge, 1935.
Times Square, 1935. Betty Boop on the marquee. The Astor came down mid-sixties, along with Penn Station and Singer Building: a bad time for beaux-arts. Streetcars in the square, no overhead wires.
Times Square looking South to Times Building. Mid-sixties this was stripped to steel skeleton and re-clothed in kitsch marble by mod illustrator Peter Max. More bad times for beaux-arts.