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5th Avenue & 21st Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street, 1890

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street

    1890

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street (West), 1890

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street (West)

    1890

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 20th Street (West), 1903

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 20th Street (West)

    1903

  • No. 152 F. Schumacher & Co., West 20th St. - Crouch & Fitzgerald, trunks - West 21st St.], 1911

    No. 152 F. Schumacher & Co., West 20th St. - Crouch & Fitzgerald, trunks - West 21st St.]

    1911

  • No. 143 Park & Tilford - Bonwit, Harris & Co. ladies wear - No. 159 O.J. Gude Co.], 1911

    No. 143 Park & Tilford - Bonwit, Harris & Co. ladies wear - No. 159 O.J. Gude Co.]

    1911

  • Manhattan: 21st Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 21st Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street, 1922

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street (East), 1935

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street (East)

    1935

  • Manhattan: 21st Street - 5th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 21st Street - 5th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 21st Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 21st Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 20th Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 20th Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 21st Street - 5th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 21st Street - 5th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 21st Street - 5th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 21st Street - 5th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 20th Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 20th Street

    1935

  • Tenements & storefronts; E. 21st St Garage; Italian American Groceries: 71-75 E. 21st St-Fifth Av-Park Av, Manhattan, 1938

    Tenements & storefronts; E. 21st St Garage; Italian American Groceries: 71-75 E. 21st St-Fifth Av-Park Av, Manhattan

    1938

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street

    1941

  • Fifth Avenue - 21st Street, northwest corner

    Fifth Avenue - 21st Street, northwest corner

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street, 1890

Photo 1 of 20 at 5th Avenue & 21st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 21st Street

1890

Union Club, Fifth Avenue at the N.W. corner of 21st Street. This is the fourth clubhouse of the Union Club, occupied from 1855 to 1903. Adjoining the 21st Street side, No. 3 West 21st Street has been demolished for rebuilding. About 1890 Brown Bothers.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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