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12th Avenue & 34th Street, Manhattan

8 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 12th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 12th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 12th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 12th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 34th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 34th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 34th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 34th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 12th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 12th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 34th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 34th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 34th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 34th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 12th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 12th Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 12th Avenue, 1940

Photo 5 of 8 at 12th Avenue & 34th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 12th Avenue

1940

West 34th Street, east from a point east of Twelfth Avenue, showing this thoroughfare being carried by a steel ramp over the railroad yards. This, in conjunction with a similar arrangement for Eleventh Avenue, constituted a major feature in the rehabilitation of this area under the joint auspices of the City and the Company in the furtherance of the West Side Improvement Project. View 2 is closer to Eleventh Avenue, being photographed across same. Note the distinctive Empire State Building in the background of both views. August 24, 1940 September 2, 1940. P.L. Sperr

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