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Broadway & 21st Street, Manhattan

13 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1926, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1900

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1909

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1909

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1915

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1915

  • Broadway - 21st Street, west side, 1918-01-06

    Broadway - 21st Street, west side

    1918-01-06

  • Manhattan: 21st Street (East) - Broadway, 1920

    Manhattan: 21st Street (East) - Broadway

    1920

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1924

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1924

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street (East), 1924

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street (East)

    1924

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1924

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1924

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1924

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1926

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

    1926

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Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street, 1909

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Manhattan: Broadway - 21st Street

1909

Broadway, east side, north from 21st Street. The entire two blocks in the foreground, from 21st to 23rd Streets, will be unchanged some twenty-seven years later, in 1936, except for a 12-story loft building, which will occupy the clearing shown here in the block between 21st and 22nd Streets. This clearing is the result of the demolition of three four-story houses. In 1936 the Bancroft House will be the Hotel Courte; and the Hotel Bartholdi, on the S.E. corner of 23rd Street, will be the Bartholdi Building, remodelled into an office building. But during this period of twenty-seven years there will be no demolitions and, with the exception noted, no construction work -- a long period in New York. April, 1909. Brown Brothers.

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