From the 41st floor of a skyscraper at 41st Street and Madison Avenue. Looking south. Statue of Liberty in distance.

And so with this view - we bid good-bye to the world's greatest city.

No lecture is complete without at least one view of the photographer. Here he is trying to imitate Ruth St. Denis in the "Dance of Spring." One mis-step and his insurance takes effect.

"From the Paramount Building." 43rd Street - Broadway. Looking northeast from 45th to 60th streets. Radio City not erected.

South Ferry from Staten Island Ferry. The gateway to the city, South Ferry.

Manhattan skyline from Staten Island ferry. The towering office buildings of stone and steel piercing the sky.

"Grand Central Zone." From the Paramount Building. All of these tall buildings have practically been erected in the past 6 years.

The skyline - a traveler's view of the skyline from the decks of an ocean liner.

Lower N.Y. skyline. East of the Hudson.

[New York at night.]

"George Washington Bridge." Hudson River - 178th Street. Photograph made when the bridge was first opened Oct. 24, 1931.

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.

The Financial Center of the World at Night.

Night view from 102nd floor of the Empire State Building, view looking northwest over Broadway to the George Washington Bridge

The Financial Center of the World at Night, New York City.

The American Shipper unloading its cargo near the Battery.

Lower New York Skyline at Night.

The last stand of the antique carriages of the "Golden Nineties", a strange sight among New York's smart motor traffic.

"With Lights Aglow." 42nd Street - 6th Avenue. Same view at 6pm when the offices are lighted for the late office workers.

Midtown New York City "The Great White Way" as seen from the Empire State Building Observatory at Night, New York City