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9th Avenue & 31st Street, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1921 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 31st Street - 9th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 31st Street - 9th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 31st Street - 9th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 31st Street - 9th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 31st Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 31st Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West), 1930

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West)

    1930

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West), 1930

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West)

    1930

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West), 1930

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West)

    1930

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street, 1934

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street

    1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West), 1930

Photo 6 of 12 at 9th Avenue & 31st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 31st Street (West)

1930

(1) Ninth Ave. (foreground), north from and including West 31st (right), to and including West 33rd Streets, showing the general Post Office building extending eastward to Eighth Ave. On the east side of Eighth Ave., and extending eastward to Seventh Ave. appears the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Directly across same (right) is the 26-story Equitable Life Assurance Society Building, on the east side of Seventh Ave. from West 31st to West 32nd Streets, and the Pennsylvania Hotel, from West 32nd to West 33rd Streets. In the background appear the lower stories of the Empire State Building, and (left) the 45-story Nelson Tower, No. 446-456 Seventh Ave., between West 34th and West 35th Streets. This photograph was taken from No. 424-438 West 32nd Street, a 12-story building between Ninth and Tenth Aves. December 20, 1930. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, another view, but showing the Empire State Building in its entirety, before the observation tower was fully completed. December 20, 1930. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same as view No. 2. December 20, 1930. P.L. Sperr.

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