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4th Avenue & 29th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street, 1900

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street, 1900

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street, 1901

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street

    1901

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street, 1906

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street

    1906

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street, 1906

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street

    1906

  • Manhattan: 29th Street (East) - 4th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 29th Street (East) - 4th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street, 1920

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street

    1920

  • Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street

    1931

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Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street, 1900

Photo 1 of 8 at 4th Avenue & 29th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 4th Avenue - 29th Street

1900

Fourth Avenue, west side, at East 29th Street, as photographed during subway construction period. Note the crosstown streetcar on 29th Street. This line ran westward on 28th Street and eastward on 29th Street. The corner buildings beyond same will remain until October of 1940 when they will be removed. Note the hazy outline of the old Madison Square Garden tower. Atop same is the St. Gaudens statue of "Diana." December 1, 1900 Wm. B. Parsons Collection Board of Transportation, photo

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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