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Charles Street & 4th Street, Manhattan

3 historical photos taken here between 1933 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Charles Street - 4th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Charles Street - 4th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 4th Street (West) - Charles Street, 1933

    Manhattan: 4th Street (West) - Charles Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Charles Street - 4th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: Charles Street - 4th Street (West)

    1937

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Manhattan: Charles Street - 4th Street, 1933

Photo 1 of 3 at Charles Street & 4th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Charles Street - 4th Street

1933

Charles Street, north side, east from and including 4th Street, and showing in the foreground 5, 4-1 Van Nest Place. The north side of Charles Street, from 4th to Bleecker Streets, is known as Van Nest Place, (originally Van Ness Place) and has its own house numbers, in order from east to west. See Van Nest Place. Spring, 1933. P. L. Sperr. According to the N.Y. Times, Sunday June 7, 1936 - the nomenclature Van Nest Place will be eliminated; Charles Street incorporating same. These structures will become 59 to 51 Charles Street; No. 53 of which is the Synagogue of the Congregation Darech-Amuno, organized in 1838.

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