The Park Avenue Hotel.

Park Avenue Hotel (New York, N.Y.)

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Carriages and carts--New York (State)--New York.

Horses--New York (State)--New York.

City and town life--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

View of two sides of the Park Avenue Hotel exterior, probably from the northwest corner of 5th Avenue, looking east along 34th Street. In the foreground are horses and carriages as well as dogs and people walking on the sidewalks.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

New York: compliments of Park Avenue Hotel (New York: The Hotel, n.d.)

ca. 1900

Unknown

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Drawings

Fifth Avenue and 34th Street

View of Park Avenue from the Park Avenue Hotel, showing the Grand Central Railroad Station at the north end.

Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.)

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Horse-drawn vehicles--New York (State)--New York.

Grand Central Station (New York, N.Y.)

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

The view from the Park Avenue Hotel shows the rooftops of the buildings across the street as well as part of Park Avenue stretching up to Grand Central Railroad Station at the north end. Originally built as the Grand Central Depot, this Grand Central was remodeled, expanded and renamed. Nonetheless, plans were made to tear down the station and build one that could handle electric locomotives--the current Grand Central Terminal. Horses and carts can be seen going up and down the avenue.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

New York, Compliments of Park Avenue Hotel (New York: The Hotel, n.d.)

ca. 1900

Unknown

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Drawings

Fourth Avenue between 32nd and 33rd Streets

New Post Office Building.

Post office buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Carriages and carts--New York (State)--New York--19th century.

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Caption reads: "New Post Office Building situated between 31st and 33d Streets. This handsome building was completed in 1913 at the cost of $6,200,000. It faces the Pennsylvania Terminal and is built over the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The building covers a plot 375 by 335 feet and was built of granite in classic style architecture." The bordered photograph shows a couple walking along the sidewalk and several horse-drawn carts or carriages going down the street.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Rotogravure Album of New York (New York: Williamsburgh Post Card Co.)

ca. 1913

Copyright American Studio

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Photographs

West 34th Street between West 33rd and 35th Streets