Title
East 36th Street looking north from First Avenue, 1976.
Creators and Contributors
- Contributor: Singstad, Ole, 1882-
- Photographer: Simpson, Dick
Description
First Avenue and East 36th Street. Photo marked "1976". Originally home to St. Gabriel's Park. Much of the park's land was ceded for the construction of the Queens Midtown Tunnel in 1938. Site renamed St. Vartan Park in 1978. The Queens Midtown Tunnel was built 1936-1940. Engineer and designer: Ole Singstad.
Date Created
1976
Type of Resource
Photograph
Additional Information
General note:
St. Gabriel's Park (New York, N.Y.)
Queens Midtown Tunnel (New York, N.Y.) ; St. Vartan Park (New York, N.Y.)
Digitized by Mina Rees Library; City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.
Extent:
1 photographic reproduction ; 11.6 x 7.7 cm.- Street life
- Parks
- Tunnels
- New York City Tunnel Authority
- Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)