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New York City circa 1948. "Bryant Park and New York Public Library from Sixth Avenue." With views of the Chrysler Building and other Manhattan landmarks waiting to be named. 4x5 inch acetate negative by John M. Fox. View full size.
The tower to the left is 500 Fifth Avenue. Its Emporis page is here.
Previously known as the Chase Tower, located at 10 East 40th Street. Designed by Ludlow & Peabody in the Renaissance Revival style. At 48 floors high, it was the fourth-tallest tower in the world when it was built in 1929.
Located at 40 West 40th Street, designed by John Howells and Raymond Hood, built in 1924 in the Gothic Art Deco style. The black brick symbolizes coal and the gold brick fire. Later renamed the American Standard Building, it became the Bryant Park Hotel in 2001.
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