39 Amazing Color Photos From the 1940s Showing New York Street Scenes

That’s what New York looked like in the 1940s.New York, 19415th Avenue and W. 42nd Street, November 194159th Street Bridge from Canadian Club roof, NYC, November 1941Looking down from the Empire State Building towards Bryant Park, 1941Looking northwards toward Central Park from the Empire State Building, that is the Hudson River on the left, with the George Washington Bridge in the distance, 1941Looking west on East 50th Street, NYC, November 1941New York, 1941 Park Avenue from Canadian Club roof, NYC, November 1941Pigeons at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC, November 1941Skating Rink in Rockefeller Plaza, NYC, November 1941The Chrysler Building is prominent along with the Queensboro Bridge Times Square, 194347th & Broadway, 1944Broadway & 47th Street, 1944Times Square, 1944Times Square, 1944Times Square, 1946Times Square, September 1946Third Avenue railway system, Park Row, Manhattan, City Hall at right, circa 1947View east on E. 42nd St., NYC, March 1947 Broadway toward 45th Street, 1948New York City, 1948New York Public Library, 1948New York skyline, 1948Syracuse, New York, circa 1948 Times Square, 1948 Times Square, 1948Park Ave. and the New York Central (now Helmsley) Building, August 1949 5th Avenue Towards 42nd Street, Manhattan, on the steps of the New York Public Library, 1949Chelsea, NYC & Empire State from RMS Mauretania, August 1949Grand Central Station, August 1949NYC, from RMS Mauretania, August 1949 Orchard Street and Rivington Street, 1949Park Ave and E. 45th St. at Grand Central Terminal, August 1949 Park Row, circa 1949 RMS Mauretania & Queen Mary, Pier 90, NYC & Hudson River, 1949 RMS Queen Elizabeth, NYC, March 1949 RMS Queen Mary & RMS Mauretania & NYC from NJ bank, August 1949Rockaway Beach, New York, circa 1949

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