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7th Avenue & 34th Street, Manhattan

24 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1951, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street, 1900

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 7th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 7th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street, 1922

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street

    1922

  • 222-226 West 34th Street (Seventh Avenue - Eighth Avenue), 1923-01-16

    222-226 West 34th Street (Seventh Avenue - Eighth Avenue)

    1923-01-16

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 7th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 7th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street

    1929

  • General view - [Manhattan - 34th Street (West) - Pennsylvania building.], 1929

    General view - [Manhattan - 34th Street (West) - Pennsylvania building.]

    1929

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 7th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 7th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 7th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 7th Avenue

    1929

  • 167 West 34th Street (Broadway - Seventh Avenue), 1930–1939

    167 West 34th Street (Broadway - Seventh Avenue)

    1930; 1939

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1930

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1930

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, No. 7-9., 1931

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, No. 7-9.

    1931

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, No. 7-9., 1931

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, No. 7-9.

    1931

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, No. 7-9., 1931

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, No. 7-9.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue., 1936

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1936

  • General View - Manhattan - Aerial view - Seventh Avenue - West 34th Street - looking west from Empire State Building, 1951

    General View - Manhattan - Aerial view - Seventh Avenue - West 34th Street - looking west from Empire State Building

    1951

  • General View - Manhattan - Aerial view - West 34th Street- Seventh Avenue - looking southeast, 1951-06

    General View - Manhattan - Aerial view - West 34th Street- Seventh Avenue - looking southeast

    1951-06

  • Seventh Avenue - 34th Street - 35th Street

    Seventh Avenue - 34th Street - 35th Street

    Unknown

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General view - [Manhattan - 34th Street (West) - Pennsylvania building.], 1929

Photo 8 of 24 at 7th Avenue & 34th Street, Manhattan

General view - [Manhattan - 34th Street (West) - Pennsylvania building.]

1929

241 W. 34th Street, (Pennsylvania Building), north side, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. (general view southward.). A perspective over the Pennsylvania Railroad station. Surrounding same are numerous loft structures lying to the south of this point. In the left foreground are, the 22 story Equitable Life Assurance Co. Building, the 31 story Hotel Governor Clinton and a 16 story loft structure (No. 362-78 Seventh Avenue). Adjoining the latter are low buildings comprising the Church and School of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church. The smokestack at the right is atop the Pennsylvania Railroad power house. Note that Eighth Avenue is on the right and does not appear here. P. L. Sperr October 4, 1929

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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