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Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street c. 1903

Gowanus Parkway. New York. 1940.

1950,s Staten Island Ferry, Whitehall Street. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=284267529258452&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Staten Island Ferry, 1950's 

King Kong and the Twin Towers in 1977.
Rest in Peace. 
Photo by Paul Slade.

King Kong Twin Towers

Twins Towers 1986. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3137868169558123&set=g.602516993105206&type=1&theater&ifg=1   Photographer: Bill Puleston

Twins Towers, 1986

WII WAR BOND RALLY NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WALL STREET NYC USA (Photo by Charles Phelps Cushing/ClassicStock/Getty Images). 1942. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157491931758495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, 1942 

Peck Slip & Water Street facing east 1970’s

Construction of Madison Square Garden  1966

Couple walking Down Jones street corner of West 4th Feb.1963. Bob Dylan with his friend Suze Rotolo 
 Photographer Don Hunstein



1963‏, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

St. Peter 's Church from the northeast; 1924. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157248108163862&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

St Peter 's Church, 1924

‏ 1978 Greenwich Village

Brooklyn bridge opens, 1883. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260226418329230&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Brooklyn bridge opens, 1883

Part of the test to become a painter on The Brooklyn Bridge NY,1926

Brooklyn Bridge

Washington Square Arch looking north circa 1940. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1514648222044286&set=g.602516993105206&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Washington Square, 1940

New York City 1966 Greenwich Village@ Washington Square Park. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2312608949040138&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Washington Square Park, 1966

Hester Street market in Lower Manhattan, NY, 1903

Hester Street Market 1903

CBGB, 70's.  Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=282856286066243&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

CBGB, 70's 

Penn Station, Manhattan, 1953. Important man talking to woman who thinks he's an idiot. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1518133098362465&set=gm.2971257636231118&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Penn Station, 1953



Flatiron Building , 1919.  Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=653471282116667&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Flatiron Building , 1919

Macy 's, 1928. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215507009098473&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Macy 's, 1928

1930 

Cigarette Break

A worker relaxing during the construction of the Empire State Building, 1930.

The photo was by Louis Hine.

Empire State Building, 1930.

Times Square. New York City. 1966. Photo courtesy of Christian Montone. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157341902838495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Times Square, 1966 

Times Square. New York City. 1979. Photo courtesy of Christian Montone. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157454056448495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Times Square, 1979

Times Square breadline during the Great Depression. New York City. Photo courtesy of Jim Sattler. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157474859238495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Times Square, breadline during the Great Depressin, 30's 

Times Square during corona virus 2020

One Times Square under construction in 1903

Times Square

Times Square  Manhattan , 1954

Time Warner complex under construction, 2001.

Time Warner Center

The Algonquin Hotel Times Square, Autograph Collection

Columbus Circle 1910

A wartime service at Columbus Circle circa 1942. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1503618943147214&set=g.602516993105206&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Columbus Circle, 1942

NBC Studios. New York City. 1970s. Photo courtesy of Dave Gelinas. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157369926858495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

NBC Studios, 1970s 

Radio City Music Hall 40 years ago. June 1980. Photographer: Bill Puleston.  Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3112045608807046&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Radio City Music Hall, 1980

Radio City Music Hall - 6th Avenue and 50th Street. 1950. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157417672273495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Radio City Music Hall, 1950

‏The famous “Lunchtime Atop a Skyscraper” shows  construction workers eating lunch on a beam 840-feet above ground, September 20, 1932.


“Lunchtime Atop a Skyscraper” GE building 1932

1935-1941.  Carnegie Hall seen from 7th Avenue ans 57th St.
societyred.

Carnegie Hall, 1935-1941

Rockefeller Center with Collegiate Church of St Nicholas by Berenice Abbott 1936. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10218174355331274&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Rockefeller Center, 1936 

St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1900

Plaza Hotel, French Renaissance style, 1907 - model in fashion of the time. 

1976 

Bill Cunningham  

NYHS

The Plaza Hotel 1907

Milbank Memorial People’s Bath, No. 327 East 38th Street , 1904 .
Children wait for their turn to go into the bath. As a result of the Tenement House Commission report issued in 1895 , greatly increased attempts were made to remedy the lack of sanitary facilities for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers living in the tenements. Public baths were built with city funds and private institutions raised considerable sums to erect similar establishments , called People’s Baths . Mrs Elizabeth Milbank Anderson donated funds to New York Association for the Improvement of the Poor for construction of this one pictured , in memory of her mother.

Photo & copy are both from the book NewYork Life at the turn of the Century in Photographs by Joseph Byron and Collection of the Museum of the City of New York . Text by Albert K. Baragwanath page 23. Notes to the Plates on # 23 is on page 125 See Less. Credit: Patricia J DeMinico

Milbak Memorial People's Bath, 1904

Waldorf Astoria New York

Museum of Natural History. New York City. 1934. NYHS. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157461544978495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Museum of Natural History, 1934 

THE SHERRY-NETHERLAND HOTEL FIRE.
At 59th and Fifth in 1927 the 38-story Sherry-Netherland, only months from opening, turned into a blazing torch.
"The building was almost fully enclosed in April 1927 when, around 8 p.m., fire broke out on the wood plank scaffolding surrounding the uppermost floors. Elevators were not fully operational, and there was omething wrong with the standpipes; the fire department could not muster up enough water pressure.
Awed Thousands Watch Blazing Timbers Drop to Roofs and Streets,” read the headline the next day in The New York Times, which said that “probably hundreds of thousands” saw the fire from all around New York. The windows of the Plaza across the street were “black with people”; every front room was engaged, either by news organizations or for spontaneous parties to watch the fire.
Planks tumbled to the street for hours, and The Times said one “sailed in a crazy parabola” and crashed against the Savoy-Plaza, also nearly finished; occasionally minor collapses of the scaffolding turned the picturesque top into a “lofty Roman candle.” The crowds on the street could feel the heat on their faces, and the roar and crackle of the fire could be heard for blocks around. The fire burned itself out around midnight." -NY Times.
The flames were said to have been visible from Long Island. The fire ignited a debate in the press concerning the ability of the available technology to put out fires in high-rise buildings. New York Historical Society. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157458182753495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

THE SHERRY-NETHERLAND HOTEL FIRE, 1927

Central Park entrance at Fifth Avenue and 59th streete 1886.

Central Park

The William A. Clark House, nicknamed "Clark's Folly", was a mansion located at 962 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of its intersection with East 77th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was demolished in 1927 and replaced with a luxury apartment building.  Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216212194089963&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

William A Clark House, 1927

Williamsburg Brooklyn
Posted by:  Hector Perez
late 70's

Williamsburg Brooklyn Late 70's

GW Bridge morning rushhour Bronx/Manhattan bound traffic (1940). Photo NYT.  Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216801398014883&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

GW Bridge, 1940 

George Washington Bridge, 1927, Courtesy Life.

George Washington Bridge, 1927

Yankee Stadium 1937

Credit: Martin Steinberg. Picture of his parents, 1955

Pitkin Ave & Herzl St Brooklyn, 1955

End of the line.... 

Passengers disembarking from the Broadway and 242nd Street streetcar, New York City

June 7, 1914 

William Hassler  

NYHS

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Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street c. 1903