A dock scene in lower Manhattan, south of the Brooklyn Bridge and south of South Street, with two barges in the East River in the foreground and the New York City skyline in the background. The barges are tied to a large bollard on the dock in the foreground. Nearby, a man is rolling a spool of cable on the dock, while another man is sitting on one of the barges. The buildings along the river in the background include a typical New York port warehouse with a facade clad in copper which has attained a green patina, a row of sunlit historic brick row houses, and an Art Deco style office building. A horse drawn milk wagon is visible on the street to the right of a concrete band shell along the water. The elevated railroad track is visible to the left of the bandstand behind a lonely tree. There is vehicular traffic under the elevated rail (FDR Drive along the east side of Manhattan is constructed instead of the elevated rail in that area).