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New York City NYC 5th Ave @ 42nd c1937 Postcard RPPC
A view of the west side of Fifth Ave. looking south from 42nd St. The imposing structure on the right is the Central Branch of the New York Public Library, which was constructed between 1902 and 1911 on the former site of the Croton Reservoir. At the time of construction, this was the largest marble building ever built in the U.S., consisting of 530,000 cubic feet of Vermont marble, including a one-foot thick marble façade.
The New York Public Library is one of the leading public libraries of the world. The Central Branch is one of the city's four research libraries, and is considered one of the leading research libraries in the nation. The library is currently undergoing a $50 million renovation of the building exterior, which has suffered damage from weathering and pollution.
In the distance we can see the first 70 or so floors of the Empire State Building.
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