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Battery Place & Greenwich Street, Manhattan

28 historical photos taken here between 1854 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1854

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1854

  • Transportation - Elevated., 1870

    Transportation - Elevated.

    1870

  • Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1918-01-04

    Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1918-01-04

  • Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1918-01-04

    Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1918-01-04

  • Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1918-01-04

    Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1918-01-04

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1921

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1921

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Civic Reception., 1929

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Civic Reception.

    1929

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Civic Reception., 1929

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Civic Reception.

    1929

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Civic Reception., 1929

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Civic Reception.

    1929

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1933

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1933

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Avenue - Battery Place, 1933

    Manhattan: Greenwich Avenue - Battery Place

    1933

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1935

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1936

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1936

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1938

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1938

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1938

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1938

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1940–1941

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1940; 1941

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1940–1941

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1940; 1941

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1940

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1940

  • Transportation - Buses., 1940–1941

    Transportation - Buses.

    1940; 1941

  • Transportation - Buses., 1940–1941

    Transportation - Buses.

    1940; 1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1940

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place

    1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Greenwich Street

    1941

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Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place, 1936

Photo 14 of 28 at Battery Place & Greenwich Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Battery Place

1936

Greenwich Street, north from Battery Place, showing W.P.A. employees removing the car tracks under the Sixth and Ninth Aves. elevated structure. July 14, 1936. W.P.A. Photo. Federal Art Project.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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