Madison Avenue, South from 31st Street
Madison Avenue, New York City, south from Thirty-first Street. Photo dated 1916. Source: New York State Archives. Education Department Division of Visual Instruction.
Tall buildings line both sides of the street. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks and a horse and cart in the street. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, facing Madison Square, can be seen in the background.
Madison Avenue runs from East 23rd Street, at Madison Square, to 142nd Street, in Harlem. The avenue was named after James Madison, the fourth President of the United States of America.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower.
1916
Madison Avenue, South from 31st Street
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