Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue

The 47-story Waldorf Astoria New York at 301 Park Avenue and others skyscrapers around Grand Central Zone, viewed southward from East 52nd Street. The historic Hotel occupies a double block from Park Avenue to Lexington Avenue, between East 49th and East 50th streets.

Photo taken in 1932 by Wurts Brothers also shows part of the skyline in Midtown Manhattan, the General Electric Building (R.C.A. Building), Chrysler Building in the distance, Saint Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church (bottom). Source: New York Public Library.

Chrysler Building at 405 Lexington Avenue, between East 42nd Street and East 43rd Street.