West 56th Street, north side, west from (No. 29), a point midway between Fifth and Sixth Aves.

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West 56th Street, north side, west from (No. 29), a point midway between Fifth and Sixth Aves., and to the latter (left), showing: the Arthur Lehman (No. 31), the W. H. Donahue (No. 33, entrance canopy), the George A. Helme (No. 35, occupied at one time by Thomas Alva Edison), the R. Wanamaker (No. 37), the Annie K. Smith (Ne. 39), etc., residences. The majority of these structures have been given over to commercial enterprises, prominent of which was a dinner dance club, the "Place Elegante" in the former Donahue home. For an account of the latter seethe New York Daily News of October 1, 1937 (columnist).December 9, 1937.