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11th Avenue & 33rd Street, Manhattan

13 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1927–1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1927; 1932

  • Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1927–1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1927; 1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1927–1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1927; 1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1930–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1930; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1930–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1930; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1930–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1930; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1940

Photo 12 of 13 at 11th Avenue & 33rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

1940

West 33rd Street, south side, at Eleventh Avenue, show- the New York Central Railroad yards and the Eleventh Ave. ramp being carried across same. Fringing the southerly side of this extensive transportation locale, is the elevated roadbed that carries these trains southward to the St. John's Freight Depot, downtown. The buildings beyond are to the south of West 30th Street. The white 'utilitarian feature at the left is the new U. S. Parcel Post Bldg. on Ninth and Tenth Avenues. This replaced the old Milk Depot. On the right margin appears a substantial part of the outstanding Street-Lehigh Bldg. extending between Eleventh and Thirteenth Avenue's. August 24, 1940 No's. 1-2 P. L. Sperr

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