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Canal Street & Varick Street, Manhattan

42 historical photos taken here between 1921 and 1944, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street, 1921

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street

    1921

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street, 1921

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street

    1921

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street, 1922–1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1922; 1927; 1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street, 1922–1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1922; 1927; 1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street, 1922–1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1922; 1927; 1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Watts Street, 1925

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Watts Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Canal Street, 1926–1927

    Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Canal Street

    1926; 1927

  • Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Canal Street, 1926–1927

    Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Canal Street

    1926; 1927

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Watts Street - Varick Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Watts Street - Varick Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Watts Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Watts Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Vestry Street - Canal Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Vestry Street - Canal Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Grand Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Watts Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Watts Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Watts Street - Varick Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Watts Street - Varick Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Watts Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Watts Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street, 1932–1938

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1932; 1938

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Varick Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Varick Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1932; 1938

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Varick Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Watts Street - Varick Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Varick Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Varick Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Varick Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: Watts Street - Varick Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: Watts Street - Varick Street

    1940

  • Occupations - Clarks.

    1941

  • Occupations - Artists.

    1944

  • Occupations - Artists.

    1944

  • 423-429 Canal Street - Varick Street

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Grand Street - Varick Street, 1939

Photo 35 of 42 at Canal Street & Varick Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Grand Street - Varick Street

1939

(1) Grand Street, demolition of houses at foot of Street, east of Varick Street. October 7, 1939. (2) Same, different view. November 8, 1939. (3) Same, different view. P.L.Speer.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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