MORE WPA/NYC Tax Dept SHOTS

This week, more photos from the WPA/NYC Tax Department's quest to photograph every building in the five boroughs for reasons unknown. Today's series is places inherent to Tudor City history.

The Church of the Covenant

We begin with this 1870 church, which has been through countless renovations over the century. The most significant change ‒ dropping the entrance a story to accommodate the widening of 42nd Street ‒ was a decade away. 

Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled

In place prior to Tudor City's arrival, the hospital would endure until it was razed and reborn as the Ford Foundation in 1968. 

Rowhouses, north side of 42nd Street

The view of the rowhouses is accompanied by a work in progress: something is being done by the Consolidated Edison Company of New York.   

Rowhouses, south side of 42nd Street

Soaring above this street view, No. 25 in all its glory.  

Prospect Hill Apartments and 337 E. 41st Street

Two properties that preceded Tudor City, they were declared landmarks given their placement in the heart of the community.

The end of 42nd Street

Finally, 42nd Street comes to an abrupt end in this picture. Still, the Bishops Crook lamppost suggests better times ahead.