From our poster with the same title.
Artist: Chesley Bonestell, 1930
Text on the poster: New York Central Building. Park Avenue New York. At the gateway to a continent.
Before the electrification of the New York Central Railroad in 1912-1913, the neighbourhood north of Grand Central Terminal was one of open-air railway yards and tracks used by steam locomotives. The electrification and subsequent covering of the yards enabled the continuation of Park Avenue to the north and the construction of new buildings (with curious foundations). Among them was the New York Central Building.
In 1929, the New York Central Railroad Company built their 34-story headquarters at 230 Park Ave., New York City, New York. In 1913, New York Central bore a concept for a visual termination point in the city. Although the original plan was to have this termination point be over New York Central's Grand Central Terminal, the concept was instead realized in the form of The New York Central Building just across the street to the north.
On September 10, 1931, capo di tutti capi Salvatore Maranzano was murdered in his Ninth-floor office here by hitmen sent by Lucky Luciano and Vito Genovese, ambitious underlings whom Maranzano had hired Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll to kill.
source: wikipedia