Times Square, 1951Photo: Michael Donovan

Bowling Green, Manhattan, 1952Photo: Michael Donovan

Columbus Circle, New York City, 1952Photo: Michael Donovan

Times Square, 1952Photo: Michael Donovan

42nd Street off 7th Avenue, 1953Photo: Michael Donovan

Melrose Avenue toward 149th Street, the Bronx, 1953Photo: Michael Donovan

Park Row & Worth Street, 1953Photo: Michael Donovan

Times Square, 1953Photo: Michael Donovan

42nd Street & Broadway , 1954Photo: Michael Donovan

Broadway & 44th Street, April 15, 1954Photo: Michael Donovan

Broadway & 51st Street, 1954Photo: Michael Donovan

New York City, 1954Photo: Michael Donovan

42nd Street & 3rd Avenue, 1955Photo: Michael Donovan

Times Square, 1955Photo: Michael Donovan

West 8th Street & Macdougal Street, circa 1955Photo: Michael Donovan

5th Avenue & 50th Street (St. Patrick’s Cathedral on the right), 1956Photo: Michael Donovan

Fulton Street & Bond Street, Brooklyn, with a view of the RKO Albee Theater, 1956Photo: Michael Donovan

Times Square, 1956Photo: Michael Donovan

Times Square, 1956Photo: Michael Donovan

Times Square,1958Photo: Michael Donovan

Battery Park, New York City, 1959Photo: Michael Donovan

Broadway & 42nd Street, 1959Photo: Michael Donovan

Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue & 40th Street, 1959Photo: Michael Donovan

Manhattan skyline, 1959Photo: Michael Donovan