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

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Drawings

Fifth Avenue and 34th Street

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

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Photographs

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

Elevated Railroad, 2nd Avenue and 34th Street.

Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York.

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

Transportation--New York (State)--New York.

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

Second Avenue (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

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

Opened in 1880, the 2nd Avenue elevated ("El") train had a stop at 34th Street. There are people walking on the sidewalks and crossing between the train lines. Carts are parked along the curbs and under the elevated tracks.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

Indelible Photographs (New York: A. Wittemann, c. 1891)

1891

Copyright 1891 by A. Witteman

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Photographs

Intersection of 34th Street and Second Avenue