I'm only up to page 155 of this thread so far but found this great picture from 1948 of Barclay Hotel back on that page that I love.
Compare with my shots of the neighborhood recently: The "Henley Apartments" is really the Barclay Marquee replaced on one side for shooting the TV Show "Touch".
Here is the other side of the marquee. Looks original:
And on the corner is the Bank Building. Not nearly as good a perspective as the 1948 shot but i recognized the intersection right away after visiting.