Wall Street. West from William Street. A wall for defense was erected 1625 by the Dutch, hence its name.
Fashionable Park Avenue, north from 46th Street. Street of fabulous wealth and tall apartment hotels.
These caves were the homes of the first inhabitants on Manhattan Island. Inwood Park.
Relics of old New York. At Battery Place. Homes of Greeks and Syrians.
"From the Paramount Building." 43rd Street - Broadway. Looking northeast from 45th to 60th streets. Radio City not erected.
Joan of Arc, at the height of her glory leading her troops in the siege of Orleans. Riverside Drive at 93rd Street.
From the 41st floor of a skyscraper at 41st Street and Madison Avenue. Looking south. Statue of Liberty in distance.
This gigantic figure over the entrance of the R.C.A. building in Rockefeller Center, seems to hold on his shoulders the immense pile of stone and steel mounting to the sky.
Former home of John James Audobon, the great naturalist. Audobon lived here about 1850. Stood on Riverside Drive 155th Street. Demolished in 1933.
Skyscrapers from Staten Island Ferry.
Pomander Walk. East 19th Street near 3rd Avenue. Known as the block beautiful.
The world famed skyline from an ocean liner.
City Hall built in 1803. A fine example of colonial architecture.
Fountain in the sunken plaza at Rockefeller Center. The huge figure symbolizes "Prometheus" the Greek God who stole fire from Heaven for man.
The last stand of the antique carriages of the "Golden Nineties", a strange sight among New York's smart motor traffic.
Washington Mews. 8th Street, University Place. Converted stables now the homes of artists and writers.
"Grand Central Zone." From the Paramount Building. All of these tall buildings have practically been erected in the past 6 years.
Jewish cemetery at Bowery near Chatham Square. First Jewish cemetery in the U.S. 1656.
Bridge of Sighs. Tombs Prison. Centre Street.
"Cornell Medical Center." York Avenue, 68th Street.
"New York City Museum." 103rd Street - 5th Avenue. Contains records of the growth, past history, customs and exhibits of the city.
The American Shipper unloading its cargo near the Battery.
In the heart of the millinery retail district - 39th Street and 6th Avenue.
And so with this view - we bid good-bye to the world's greatest city.
The beauty of modern setback architecture is strikingly shown in this photograph of the Squibb & N.Y. Trust Co. buildings at 57th Street and 5th Avenue.
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