Anatomy of EAST 41ST STREET

Today we examine a photo made in 1930, above, depicting the Hotel Tudor and Essex House. Let's take a closer look.

 

The Hotel Tudor will be opening in two months, and there is still construction going on, with trucks backed up to the 41st Street entrance. Across the street, a row of trees in front of the 3Hs exudes calm amidst the chaos.

Judging from the way cars are parked, 41st Street was a two-way thoroughfare. At bottom right is a Regent 1000, part of the Yellow Taxi Corp of New York. 

Looking upward, the Daily News building, Hotel Tudor and Essex House, a view unchanged nearly a century later.  

At the bottom of the photo, the credits: Fred F. French Company New York / 305-311 E. 41st St / 7-17-1930.