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4th Avenue & 21st Street, Manhattan

11 historical photos taken here between 1895 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East), 1895

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East)

    1895

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East), 1900

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East)

    1900

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street, 1906

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street

    1906

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street, 1906

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street

    1906

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street, 1910

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street

    1910

  • Strikes and demonstrations., 1916

    Strikes and demonstrations.

    1916

  • Manhattan: 21st Street (East) - 4th Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 21st Street (East) - 4th Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East), 1927

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East)

    1927

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East)

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East), 1938

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

Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 21st Street (East)

1938

Fourth Avenue, east side, south from E. 21st Street towards Union Square. In the midground is a clearance at the S.E. corner of E. 20th Street where the former Unitarian Church (formerly All Souls P. E. Church) stood until 1929. Today a modern 6 story apartment house has been erected there, an account of which is in the Times of March 26, 1938. June 10, 1938. P.L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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