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7th Avenue & 25th Street, Manhattan

18 historical photos taken here between 1914 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 25th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1914–1915

    Manhattan: 25th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1914; 1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street, 1922

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 24th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 24th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - facing southeast between West 25th and West 24th Streets, 1927-08-27

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - facing southeast between West 25th and West 24th Streets

    1927-08-27

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1931–1938

    Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1931; 1938

  • Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1931–1938

    Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1931; 1938

  • Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1931–1938

    Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1931; 1938

  • Seventh Avenue #229-25 - 23rd Street looking east, 1935-08-22

    Seventh Avenue #229-25 - 23rd Street looking east

    1935-08-22

  • Seventh Avenue #229-25 - 23rd Street looking east, 1935-08-22

    Seventh Avenue #229-25 - 23rd Street looking east

    1935-08-22

  • Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 25th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 24th Street

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 24th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 24th Street

Photo 18 of 18 at 7th Avenue & 25th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 24th Street

Unknown

An Unfortunate Incident in a Great Engineering Task (The scene is Seventh Ave., N.Y.C., at Twenty-fourth St., just after an explosion has caused the street to collapse for an entire block. It is particularly interesting as showing graphically how the metropolis is being honeycombed for its underground transportation system. In order not to interfere with the ordinary use of the streets during the three years necessary to complete the work, the tunneling method is used rather than open excavation work. For a long period after the earth has been dug up and before the steel & concrete work is completed, the surface of the street is merely boards propped up by wooden beams. An extra-heavy blast, with perhaps other contributing factors, caused the supports to collapse, and the whole street - with its occupants, including a crowded street car - dropped to the bottom. Seven persons were killed & scores seriously injured. There are forty-five miles of subway under construction in New York, one line being under the most important & congested thoroughfare, Broadway. Three days after the accident shown in this illustration, a second one - somewhat less serious - occurred on Broadway)

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