Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up this great vintage photograph from 1903 showing the intersection of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The photo was captured from the south-east corner and looks north up Fifth, so the under-construction New York Public Library was just off camera to the left. Here is a Google StreetView of how a similar vantage point looks today.
Check out the accompanying article for an in-depth analysis on the vintage photograph, or the specimen page in the Library of Congress Digital Archives for more.
Matt Coneybeare
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Matt enjoys exploring the City's with his partner and son. He is an avid marathon runner, and spends most of his time eating, running, and working on cool stuff.
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