08/03/2006 - Photographs (Part 2)

And part two of my photo essay of May Day: New and Old.

3. Brooks Brothers’ – There were two different photographs to choose from for this building but I believed I picked the correct one. The other was of their headquarters half way down Broadway at 22nd. Now I think Brooks Brothers’ is located about a block west from Delmonico’s. Now if I would just look at my maps I would know that they are on the same block just at opposite ends. It looks as if you can see Delmonico’s in the distance however I am still unsure if this is the same Brooks Brothers’ that is there today. Too much. Anyways, this is probably the only place in May Day that remains in the same location as it did in the book. I think I am seeing a pattern here.



4. Yale Club – The final, in this rather abbreviated set of pictures is of the Yale Club. Like the Brooks Brothers’ picture above I am unsure if this is the same building that currently houses the Yale Club. It is a picture of Vanderbilt Avenue at 44th and 45th Streets. One of the reasons I am unsure is because of the current incarnation of the Yale Club. It is under some kind of restoration and as a result the main entrance has been blocked off by plywood and scaffolding.



I couldn’t find anything on Tolliver Hall but I am thinking that if I look at those New York Times articles a little closer I will find something to the Rivers Brothers’ conundrum that I wrote at length about in an earlier post. As for The Call no pictures were to be found, however I did find out that at one point it was the most widely circulated socialist newspaper. It closed its doors in 1923. With regards to the hotels, I've already covered both the Biltmore and The Commodore. Devineries’ still remains a mystery but Fitzgerald does mention it in This Side of Paradise so there should be something there. Well I can’t find it know and am getting tired so I’ll try to find it tomorrow along with some colorful maps of New York City circa 1919. Actually they re the same maps from a previous post except know there won’t be glare.

Here are the orginal links to the photographs from part one and two:

Delmonico's
Columbus Circle
Brooks Brothers'
Vanderbilt between 44th and 45th