Title:
Park Avenue looking north from 40th Street, 2008.
Format:
1 digital photograph
Street Address:
Park Avenue and East 40th Street
Photographer/Artist:
Waldvogel, Peter.
Description:
Park Avenue looking north from 40th Street, 2008.
Description continued:
The Park Avenue viaduct, built from 1917-1919, is located on Park Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets. The raised roadway, which routes traffic around Grand Central Terminal on an elevated terrace, returns to street level on 45th Street. Over the years the area occupied by the viaduct has come to be known as Pershing Square. The city once planned to build a plaza named in honor of General John J. Pershing adjacent to the viaduct but the Pershing Square Building was built on that spot in 1923 instead.
Landmark Name:
Pershing Square Viaduct (Park Avenue Viaduct)
Rights Management:
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.
Contributing Institution:
City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.
Publisher:
Mina Rees Library; City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.