Here is a collection of fascinating photos from Michael Donovan that show street scenes of New York City in the 1950s.42nd Street toward 5th Avenue (New York Public Library on the right), circa 1951Broadway & 47th Street, 1951Times Square, 1951Bowling Green, Manhattan, 1952Columbus Circle, New York City, 1952Times Square, 195242nd Street off 7th Avenue, 1953Broadway toward 51st Street, 1953Melrose Avenue toward 149th Street, the Bronx, 1953Park Row & Worth Street, 1953Times Square toward 46th Street, 1953Times Square, 1953Times Square, 195342nd Street & Broadway , 1954Broadway & 42nd Street , 1954Broadway & 44th Street, April 15, 1954Broadway & 51st Street, 1954Grand Concourse & 156th Street in the Bronx, circa 1954New York City, 1954Times Square, 1954Times Square, 1954Times Square, 1954University Avenue off 176th Street in the Bronx, October 21, 19547th Avenue toward 47th Street, 195531st Street off 5th Avenue, 195542nd Street & 3rd Avenue, 1955Roebling Street & Broadway, at the Williamsburg Plaza, circa 1955Times Square, 1955Times Square, 1955Times Square, 1955West 8th Street & Macdougal Street, circa 1955Yankee Stadium, circa 19555th Avenue & 50th Street (St. Patrick’s Cathedral on the right), 1956Atlantic Avenue & 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, 1956Atop Rockefeller Center, 1956 Fulton Street & Bond Street, Brooklyn, with a view of the RKO Albee Theater, 1956Times Square, 1956Times Square, 1956Times Square, 19567th Avenue & 47th Street, 1957Times Square,19575th Avenue & 60th Street, circa 1958Times Square,1958Times Square,1958Times Square,1958Times Square,1958Battery Park, New York City, 1959Broadway & 42nd Street, 1959Easter Parade at 5th Avenue & 50th Street, 1959Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue & 40th Street, 1959Manhattan skyline, 1959Toward Fulton Street & Adams Street, Brooklyn, 1959 Times Square, 1959 Times Square, 1959 Times Square, 1959