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Broome Street & Varick Street, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1914 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Broome Street, 1914

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Broome Street

    1914

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1927–1936

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1927; 1936

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1927–1936

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1927; 1936

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1927–1929

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1927; 1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1927–1936

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1927; 1936

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1927–1936

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1927; 1936

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1927–1936

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1927; 1936

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Broome Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Broome Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Broome Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Broome Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

    1933

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street, 1927–1936

Photo 8 of 12 at Broome Street & Varick Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Broome Street - Varick Street

1927; 1936

Broome Street, north side, between Varick and Hudson Streets, showing three distinct stages of the Holland Tunnel entrance. The photographer is viewing northward in all instances. Note in No. 3 the office structure that replaced tenements to the west of the adit. This is the Board of Transportation Building occupying the frontage on the east side of Hudson from Broome to Dominick Street's. View 1: Oct. 10, 1927 View 2: Dec. 7, 1927 P. L. Sperr W. P. A. Photo Federal Workers Project View 3: 1936

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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