Heckscher Building

Title
Heckscher Building
LC Subject
Skyscrapers Cities and towns
Description
At Fifth Avenue and 57th is the Heckscher Building (the tall building in the foreground built in tiers), built to comply with the new city building regulations. Just across the street is the Vanderbilt residence and back on the next street the Plaza Hotel, one of the most fashionable in the City. This view also shows the beginning of Central Park. This is the end of the shopping district on lower Fifth Avenue, but after the Park has been passed the Avenue comes again into a district of shops, though this time they are on the upper East Side and are entirely different in character; one would not recognize in it the street from Washington Square to 59th.
Work Type
lantern slides
Location
New York >> New York >> United States
Date
1900/1920
Identifier
P217:17:59
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 29 - New York City
Institution
Oregon State University
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