Waldorf Astoria, Midtown Manhattan

Aerial view of part of Midtown Manhattan, Grand Central area, featuring the Waldorf Astoria New York, in the center of the photo (Park Avenue and East 49th Street). It is also shown General Electric Building (completed in 1931), St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church (lower left center). Photograph by International News Service, 1932. Source: New York Public Library.

Near the Waldorf Astoria, we can see the Shelton Hotel (now Marriott), at 525 Lexington Avenue and the Lexington Hotel at 511 Lexington Avenue, completed in 1929.