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Cooper Square & East 5th Street, Manhattan

14 historical photos taken here between 1895 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street (East), 1895

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street (East)

    1895

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street, 1909

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street

    1909

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square - [Employment.], 1917

    Manhattan: Cooper Square - [Employment.]

    1917

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - Between 5th and 6th Streets (East)., 1924–1935

    Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - Between 5th and 6th Streets (East).

    1924; 1932; 1935

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - Between 5th and 6th Streets (East)., 1924–1935

    Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - Between 5th and 6th Streets (East).

    1924; 1932; 1935

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - Between 5th and 6th Streets (East)., 1924–1935

    Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - Between 5th and 6th Streets (East).

    1924; 1932; 1935

  • Manhattan: 5th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Street - 3rd Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 5th Street (East) - [Cooper Union Institute.], 1934–1938

    Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 5th Street (East) - [Cooper Union Institute.]

    1934; 1938

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 5th Street (East) - [Cooper Union Institute.], 1934–1938

    Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 5th Street (East) - [Cooper Union Institute.]

    1934; 1938

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 5th Street (East) - [Cooper Union Institute.], 1934–1938

    Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 5th Street (East) - [Cooper Union Institute.]

    1934; 1938

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 6th Street (East) - Astor Place, 1936

    Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 6th Street (East) - Astor Place

    1936

  • Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 5th Street (East)., 1938

    Manhattan: Cooper Square (North) - 5th Street (East).

    1938

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Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street (East), 1895

Photo 1 of 14 at Cooper Square & East 5th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 6th Street (East)

1895

Third Avenue, east side, from East 6th to 7th Streets, the site of Tompkins Market and Armory. This view shows the Hall Place and East 7th Street side of same. The building was erected in 1860 for the Seventh Regiment. A new Armory was erected in 1877-1880 at Park and Lexington Avenues, between 66th and 67th Streets for this organization. Meanwhile the 69th Regiment, organized in 1852, has been meeting here. In the basement are the drill-rooms. On the first floor are markets; on the second floor, ten company rooms and offices; and on the third floor, a drill room. The Abram S. Hewitt Memorial (Cooper Union Annex) building was later erected here; the market being discontinued and the 69th moving to their new Armory on Lexington Avenue between East 25th and 26th Streets. About 1895 Gift of Urbrock Collection

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