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Broadway & Grand Street, Manhattan

7 historical photos taken here between 1870 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - Grand Street, 1870

    Manhattan: Broadway - Grand Street

    1870

  • Broadway, West Side. Grand to Broome St., 1899

    Broadway, West Side. Grand to Broome St.

    1899

  • Broadway, East Side. Grand to Broome St., 1899

    Broadway, East Side. Grand to Broome St.

    1899

  • Manhattan: Mercer Street - Grand Street, 1915

    Manhattan: Mercer Street - Grand Street

    1915

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Fast Broadway, 1930

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Fast Broadway

    1930

  • Fires, accidents and tragedies - [Fire in building.], 1939

    Fires, accidents and tragedies - [Fire in building.]

    1939

  • Fires, accidents and tragedies - [Fire in building.], 1939

    Fires, accidents and tragedies - [Fire in building.]

    1939

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Manhattan: Mercer Street - Grand Street, 1915

Photo 4 of 7 at Broadway & Grand Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Mercer Street - Grand Street

1915

15 to 27 Mercer Street, west side, south of and towards Grand Street. No. 15-17, at the left, which is not quite entirely included in the picture, is a six-story loft building, faced with iron, of a type which began to be built in the 1870's. No. 19 is a brick loft building, faced with stone, of the type built during and shortly after the Civil War, in the 1860's. Mercer Street is the first of a group of seven streets parallel to and west of Broadway. About 1915.

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