Buildings in Madison Square NY

Policeman stands in front of Seward statue, shoe-shine man lounges on railing, right. Buildings rise above park on Madison Avenue, with the The New York Life Insurance Company Building at 51 Madison Avenue, completed in 1928, is on the left. The Madison Avenue Building at 25 Madison Avenue, is on the corner of 25th Street. It was replaced by Metropolitan Life's North Building.

Madison Square, looking northeast, Manhattan. Photograph taken on March 20, 1936, by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991). Source: Changing New York collection, Federal Art Project, from New York Public Library.