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11th Avenue & West 34th Street, Manhattan

28 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1927–1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1927; 1932; 1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1927–1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1927; 1932; 1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1927–1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1927; 1932; 1937

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932–1941

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932; 1941

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932–1941

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932; 1941

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1941

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Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1937

Photo 24 of 28 at 11th Avenue & West 34th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

1937

Eleventh Ave. (center, fore to background), south from West 35th Street, showing constructional aspects of the track removal program of the New York Central Railroad as their portion of the West Side Improvement Project. The photographer's vantage point is the former R.H. Macy warehouse at 35th Street and he shows about one-third of the Eleventh Ave. stretch and one-half of the 34th Street stretch elevated to their new levels. This will be continued southward on the Avenue for an additional 5 blocks and the yard tracks that now cross it at grade will be rebuilt several feet below their present grade and on a radically different pattern. Note on the extreme right top a vista of the North (Hudson) River. June 25, 1937. Gift of New York Central System. Publicity Bureau.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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