Fifth Avenue from Start to Finish - 1911: East 59th Street, Plaza Bank and Hotel Savoy
Enlargement of the Netherland Hotel and East 59th Street.
Wide-angled photo showing buildings on the east side of Fifth Avenue, in front of the Central Park Plaza. East 58th St. - Plaza Bank - Ramsdell Drug & Co. - Hotel Savoy - Netherland Hotel. East 59th Street is on the left. Photograph published by Welles & Co. NY, 1911, part of the series Fifth Avenue New York from Start to Finish. Source: New York Public Library.
In 1890, this east part of Fifth Avenue was occupied by a string of low wooden houses, or sheds, according to Harper's Weekly, May 17.
56 - Fifth Avenue, Hotel Plaza, West 59th Street.
59 - Fifth Avenue, Hotel Netherland. East 60th Street.
55 - Fifth Avenue and East 55th Street.
60 - Fifth Avenue and East 61st Street.
57 - Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street.
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