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Charlton Street & Varick Street, Manhattan

19 historical photos taken here between 1908 and 1933, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1908

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1908

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1912–1923

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1912; 1923

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1912

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1912

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1912

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1912

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1912–1923

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1912; 1923

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street, 1912

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street

    1912

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1918

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1918

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1918

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1920

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1920

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1925

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street

    1926

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street

    1926

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street

    1926

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street

    1926

  • Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Varick Street - Charlton Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

    1933

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street, 1912–1923

Photo 2 of 19 at Charlton Street & Varick Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Charlton Street - Varick Street

1912; 1923

Charlton Street, north side, east from No. 65, west of Varick Street, to the eastern end of Charlton Street at MacDougal and Prince Streets. The old houses 65 to 57, adjoining and at the N.W. corner, were demolished in January 1926. The Greybar-Varick Building, across the way on the east side of Varick Street, shown nearing completion, took out Nos. 53-45 Charlton Street, inclusive. In the middle of the street, in front of about No. 35, is the site of the Richmond Hill house, where Presidents Washington and Adams both lived, and which was the house of Aaron Burr at the time he shot Alexander Hamilton. Charlton Street was originally called Betty Street or Burr Street, but received its present name in 1807. April 23, 1930. P. L. Sperr

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