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8th Avenue & Hudson Street, Manhattan

41 historical photos taken here between 1926 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Bank Street - 8th Avenue, 1926

    Manhattan: Bank Street - 8th Avenue

    1926

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Bleecker Street, 1929–1933

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Bleecker Street

    1929; 1933

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Bleecker Street, 1929–1933

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Bleecker Street

    1929; 1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street, 1929–1931

    Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street

    1929; 1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street, 1929–1931

    Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street

    1929; 1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bethune Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bethune Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street, 1929–1931

    Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street

    1929; 1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Bank Street, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Bank Street

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street, 1930–1940

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

    1930; 1940

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street, 1930–1940

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

    1930; 1940

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Bank Street, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Bank Street

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Bank Street, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Bank Street

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Bleecker Street: With Hotel Santa Lucia in corner, 1931

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Bleecker Street: With Hotel Santa Lucia in corner

    1931

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street, 1932–1938

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street

    1932; 1938

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street, 1932–1938

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street

    1932; 1938

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street, 1932–1938

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street

    1932; 1938

  • Manhattan: Bethune Street - Greenwich Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Bethune Street - Greenwich Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Hudson Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Bethune Street - Greenwich Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Bethune Street - Greenwich Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Bethune Street - Greenwich Street: 15 - 37 Bethune Street, adjoining, and west of the southwest corner of Greenwich Street., 1933-07-07

    Manhattan: Bethune Street - Greenwich Street: 15 - 37 Bethune Street, adjoining, and west of the southwest corner of Greenwich Street.

    1933-07-07

  • Manhattan: Bethune Street - Greenwich Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Bethune Street - Greenwich Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bethune Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bethune Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bethune Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bethune Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bethune Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bethune Street

    1933

  • Under the elevated train tracks: 778-782 Greenwich St - Bethune St, Manhattan, 1934

    Under the elevated train tracks: 778-782 Greenwich St - Bethune St, Manhattan

    1934

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Hudson Street - Bank Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Bank Street.

    1938

  • Tenements & rowhouses; Joe's Home Cooking, Jeffersonian Club: 591-599 Hudson St-Bethune St., Manhattan

    1938

  • Tenements; S. Edw. Eaton & Co Electrical Contractors: 591 Hudson St-Bethune St-Bank St.?, Manhattan

    1938

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Bethune Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Bethune Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Bleecker Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street, 1940

Photo 37 of 41 at 8th Avenue & Hudson Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 8th Avenue - Hudson Street

1940

Eighth Avenue, (left) east side, north from Hudson Street (foreground), showing the bandstand silhouetted against a new 6-story apartment house. The latter is on Bleecker Street, between the Avenue and Bank Street (right). Irrespective of this, it will bear an Abingdon Square number. To the left is the 16-story apartment house, No. 20 Abingdon Square, located at the S. E. corner of 8th Avenue and W. 12th Street. View 2 is limited to first mentioned feature. The dark 5-story dwelling at the left is No. 4 Abingdon Square. P. L. Sperr May 12, 1940 April 9, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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