Manhattan excavations
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Manhattan excavations

Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953 · 1928

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Near the intersection of Broadway and Madison Avenue, New York, an immense excavation has been made for the foundations of a new building; its walls are shored up, and a tall crane rises from a platform near the bottom of the pit. Horizontal shading added on front of house to right, chiefly to the left behind the highest portions of the crane.

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