Panoramic View of 59th Street - 1901

 

Panoramic view, in two photographs (second part shows a lake in Central Park), of Fifty-Ninth Street from Sixth Avenue (with tracks) to The Plaza, seen from Central Park, with some building in 5th Avenue. The New York Athletic Club building, at the eastern corner of Sixth Avenue and 59th Street, opened in 1898 and was demolished after 1925. Photos from the Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection (Library of Congress), copyrighted in 1901.

 

NYAC

 

Antique photos of NYC

 

 

Enlargement of people on Central Park benches.

 

Lake Central Park

 

People Central Park benches

NYAC design

 

Enlargement of architectural details of the Club façade.

 

Architecture

 

 

 

59th Street NY

 

Sixth Avenue

 

Panoramic View of 59th Street - 1901

 

Fifth Avenue NY

 

Copyright © Geographic Guide - Old photos of the City of New York.

 

New York Athletic Club

 

 

Historic Clubs