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Broadway & Waverly Place, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - Waverly Place, 1870

    Manhattan: Broadway - Waverly Place

    1870

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Astor Place, 1880

    Manhattan: Broadway - Astor Place

    1880

  • Broadway, West Side. Waverly Place to 8th St., 1899

    Broadway, West Side. Waverly Place to 8th St.

    1899

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Waverley Place, 1900

    Manhattan: Broadway - Waverley Place

    1900

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Waverly Place, 1914

    Manhattan: Broadway - Waverly Place

    1914

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Manhattan: Broadway - Waverly Place, 1870

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Manhattan: Broadway - Waverly Place

1870

Broadway, west side, south from Waverly to Washington Places, showing the old New York Hotel occupying the entire frontage involved. This structure bore No. 721 and was a favorite resort of the Southerners before and after the Civil War. Many stories were told of how blockade running plots originated here. it was erected in 1847. Randolph Guggenheimer had it removed in 1896 for his 12 story New York Commercial Building. Note the absence of street car tracks. About 1870 Gift of Urbrock Collection

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