Union Square in 1958
View of Union Square, north above 14th Street. Broadway is on the left and the Fourth Avenue (now Park Avenue South), on the right. Photo by Angelo Rizzuto (1906-1967), dated September 1958. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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The Empire State Building is seen in the distance, located on Fifth Avenue, between West 33rd Street and 34th St.
The 16-story Bank of the Metropolis building, on the left, at 31 Union Square West, was designed by Bruce Price and built in 1902-1903. It was designated a NYC landmark in 1988.
The 20-story Guardian Life Insurance building, now W New York Union Square, at 201 Park Avenue South (on the right), was completed in 1911 for the headquarters of the Germania Life Insurance Company. It was designated a NYC landmark in 1988 and was converted into a hotel in 2000.
Guardian Life Insurance building
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Fourth Avenue / Park Avenue
Everett Building erected in 1908 on the site of the old Everett House.
Union Square in 1958