Caroline Astor Residence, 1893.

Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)

Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, 1830-1908 -- Homes and haunts.

Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount, 1848-1919 -- Homes and haunts.

Street life.

Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)

View south down Fifth Avenue from intersection with 34th Street. Northwest corner (foreground): residence of Caroline Astor at 350 Fifth Ave. Future site of the Astoria Hotel erected in 1897. Southwest corner (background): Waldorf Hotel; built in 1893 on the former site of William Astor's home.

The Waldorf Hotel combined with the Astoria in 1897. The hotel was moved uptown and the site was razed in 1929 to make way for the Empire State Building.

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

1893

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.

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Image courtesy of the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association.

1 photographic reproduction ; 22.6 x 19.3 cm.

Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.

Fifth Avenue looking north from 40th Street, 1916.

Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)

New York Public Library.

Hotel Bristol (New York, N.Y.)

Storefronts.

Street life.

Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)

Fifth Avenue looking north from 40th Street. New York Public Library, Bristol Hotel, 1916.

New York Public Library's science and humanities research library is a white marble Beaux Arts structure which takes up 2 city blocks. Built: 1911. Architects: Carrere & Hastings. The marble building has a rusticated base and is fronted by a deep-set portico embellished with Corinthian columns. Hotel Bristol sat on the NW corner of 5th Ave. and 42nd St. By 1920 the building was being used as office space.

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

1916

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.

The images and information provided in this collection may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the Mina Rees Library, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, except for "fair use" as defined by copyright law.

Image courtesy of the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association.

NYPL - 475 Fifth Ave.; New York Public Library, 476 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, Borough of Manhattan.

1 photographic reproduction ; 23.9 x 19.4 cm.

Fifth Avenue and East 40th Street

39th Street, 1976

Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)

Street life.

Unlabeled street scene. Photo marked "1976". Small tears in center of photograph.

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

1976

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.

The images and information provided in this collection may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the Mina Rees Library, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, except for "fair use" as defined by copyright law.

1 photographic reproduction ; 11.7 x 7.5 cm.

39th Street and Lexington Ave.