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Battery Place & Washington Street, Manhattan

34 historical photos taken here between 1860 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1910

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1910

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1911–1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1911; 1930; 1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1911–1925

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1911; 1925

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1911–1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1911; 1930; 1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1911–1925

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1911; 1925

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1911–1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1911; 1930; 1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1911–1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1911; 1930; 1940

  • Battery Place - Washington Street, looking northeast, 1918-06-20

    Battery Place - Washington Street, looking northeast

    1918-06-20

  • Manhattan: Battery Park - Battery Place., 1860–1920

    Manhattan: Battery Park - Battery Place.

    1860; 1920

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1923–1929

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1923; 1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1923–1929

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1923; 1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1923–1929

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1923; 1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1923–1929

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1923; 1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1926–1929

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1926; 1929

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1926–1929

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1926; 1929

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1926–1929

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1926; 1929

  • Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place, 1929

    Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place

    1929

  • Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place, 1929

    Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place

    1929

  • Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place, 1929

    Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place

    1929

  • Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place, 1929

    Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place

    1929

  • Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place, 1931

    Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place

    1931

  • Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place, 1931

    Manhattan: Washington Street - Battery Place

    1931

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1932–1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1932; 1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1932–1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1932; 1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1932–1940

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1932; 1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1932

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

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1940; 1941

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

    Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1940; 1941

  • Manhattan: Battery Park - Washington Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Park - Washington Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

    1940; 1941

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Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street, 1923–1929

Photo 12 of 34 at Battery Place & Washington Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street

1923; 1928; 1929

(1) Battery Place, north side, east from Washington (left) to Greenwich Streets (right). Note the Battery Place station of the Sixth and Ninth Aves. Elevated Lines on Greenwich Street. The only building of this structure, the corner buildings being (left) No. 1 ½ Washington Street, No. 3-story, and No. 2 Greenwich Street, a 4-story affair. Shown on the left, on Washington Street, are Nos. 1 ½, 3-5, 7 and 9, at, adjoining and north of the N.E. corner of Battery Place. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) A closer view, showing in the foreground the N.E. corner of Washington Street and Battery Place. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) A view similar to No. 1, several years later. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same as No. 1 and 3. On the extreme right appears a portion of the Washington Building, at the N.E. corner of Greenwich Street. May 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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