It’s a gleaming mix of old and new in this postcard. There’s the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, and in the forefront an old brewery and tenements.
They look like they’re soon to meet the wrecking ball.
Tags: Chrysler Building 1935, Empire State Building in 1935, midtown skyline, New York City in 1935, New York in the 1930s, vintage postcards of old New York
Ephemeral New York 
September 28, 2010 at 10:45 am |
Something so “science fiction-y invasion of the world” about this skyline…
September 29, 2010 at 3:17 am |
It is a bit off. What are the two tall buildings that shouldn’t be there north of the Empire State Building and The Chrysler building. Not only that but if it’s looking on the East Side from Brooklyn the Empire State Building should be on the right side not the left side. This is like that etching of the view underneath the Brooklyn Bridge that was posted here a week ago. Science Fiction indeed!
September 29, 2010 at 3:19 am |
Maybe this is looking at the West Side of Manhattan not the East Side?
September 29, 2010 at 12:32 pm |
This is the view from the 59th st bridge looking south
September 30, 2010 at 4:18 pm |
I believe the tall building just to the south of the brewery property is River House on East 52nd, and the U-shaped building at far right is 1 Sutton Place South.