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11th Avenue & West 21st Street, Manhattan

4 historical photos taken here between 1926 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • North (Hudson) River - Piers 61-62., 1926

    North (Hudson) River - Piers 61-62.

    1926

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 21st Street (West), 1929

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 21st Street (West)

    1929

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 21st Street (West), 1929

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 21st Street (West)

    1929

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 21st Street

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 21st Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 21st Street (West), 1929

Photo 3 of 4 at 11th Avenue & West 21st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 21st Street (West)

1929

Eleventh Avenue, east side, at W. 21st Street (center) as viewed north eastward to show at the right a billboard announcing the planned Memorial Building of the Seamens Christian Association which was founded in 1888 and is now located at No. 399 West Street. Personal observation in the Fall of 1938 falls to show any improvement of this site. The Seamen's House of the Y.M.C.A. is now in this vicinity, being No. 550 West 20th Street, at the S.E. corner of the Avenue and would be to the right if shown. April 3, 1929, Views 1 and 2 P. L. Sperr

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