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Christopher Street & Bleecker Street, Manhattan

27 historical photos taken here between 1895 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Grove Street - Bleecker Street, 1895

    Manhattan: Grove Street - Bleecker Street

    1895

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Christopher Street, 1925

    Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Christopher Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Christopher Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Christopher Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Christopher Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Christopher Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Grove Street - Bleecker Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Grove Street - Bleecker Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Grove Street, 1925–1932

    Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Grove Street

    1925; 1932

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.1., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.1.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.4., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.4.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.13-15., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.13-15.

    1933

  • Manhattan: Grove Street - Bleecker Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Grove Street - Bleecker Street

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.13-15., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.13-15.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.4., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.4.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.25-27., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.25-27.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.1., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.1.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.13-15., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.13-15.

    1933

  • Manhattan: Grove Street - Bleecker Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Grove Street - Bleecker Street

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.1., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.1.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.25-27., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.25-27.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.25-27., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.25-27.

    1933

  • Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.4., 1933

    Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.4.

    1933

  • Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Grove Street - [Bleecker Street]., 1935

    Manhattan: Grove Street - [Bleecker Street].

    1935

  • Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street., 1936

    Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street.

    1936

  • Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street, 1938–1939

    Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street

    1938; 1939

  • Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street, 1938–1939

    Manhattan: Christopher Street - Bleecker Street

    1938; 1939

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Wilson Avenue

    Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Wilson Avenue

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Grove Street, 1925–1932

Photo 7 of 27 at Christopher Street & Bleecker Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Grove Street

1925; 1932

309, 307-305 (old Nos. 293, 291) Bleecker Street (originally Herring Street), north side, between Grove (originally Columbia) and Barrow (originally Reason) Streets, just north of Seventh Avenue South. Both are frame houses, but No. 307-305 is faced with brick. No. 309 is the old Ryder house on Herring Street, in which Thomas Paine lived (see Wurts Brothers' 1914 view of it). Herring Street is the third morphologically distinct section of Bleecker Street, from Hancock (later Sixth Avenue Extension) to Christopher Streets. It lost its own name in 1829. No. 307 will be replaced by a new building prior to 1932, and No. 309 not long after. June, 1925.

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