The Triborough Bridge main suspension span, late 1930s, as seen from East River or Astoria Park in Queens, near Hell Gate Bridge, with the Manhattan skyline off in the distance. Photo: Short and Brown, Public Buildings (1939) (this version of the photo is from National Archives NARA 195864 via Wikimedia Commons (see version from book).

The New Deal in NYC 1932-1943 | Frank da Cruz | fdc@columbia.edu