Fifth Avenue from 59th Street, New York

Looking down on Fifth Avenue from 59th Street, New York. St. Regis Hotel is to the left. The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and Gotham Hotel are on the right. The Vanderbilt House is to the right. In 1921, the 26-story Heckscher Building (730 Fifth Avenue) was built on the corner of W 57th St. Photograph published by H.C. White Co., copyright 1909. Source: Library of Congress.