Empire State Building, Midtown Manhattan

The Empire State Building, looking from from the intersection of Broadway and Sixth Avenue (Herald Square and Hotel McAlpin) towards the East River and Roosevelt Island. Photo dated September 16, 1935. Source: Mitchel Field, Records of the Army Air Forces, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Several skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan are shown in this photograph, including the Art Deco Chrysler Building at Lexington Avenue. The Empire State Building is situated on the west side of Fifth Avenue, between West 33rd and 34th streets. Part of the site was occupied by the old Waldorf–Astoria Hotel.