Park Avenue looking north from 41st Street, 1918.

Title:

Park Avenue looking north from 41st Street, 1918.

Format:

1 photographic reproduction ; 24 x 19.1 cm.

Date:

1918

Street Address:

Park Avenue and East 41st Street

Photographer/Artist:

Other Creator:

Description:

Park Avenue looking north from 41st Street, 1918. Grand Central Terminal, Commodore hotel, Pershing Square.

Description continued:

Commodore Hotel; Built: 1919; Architects: Warren & Wetmore. The 2000 room hotel, now known as the Grand Hyatt New York, provides links to Grand Central Terminal, the subway system, and the elevated Park Avenue viaduct. The 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)

Previously known as:

Subjects:

• Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
• Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
• Commodore Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
• Pershing Square (New York, N.Y.)
• Building sites.
• Construction equipment.

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.

Rights Management 2:

Image courtesy of the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association.

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.