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Duane Street & City Hall Place, Manhattan

13 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1927–1928

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1927–1928

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1927–1928

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1932

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1932

  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1932

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1932

  • Manhattan: City Hall Place - Duane Street, 1932

    Manhattan: City Hall Place - Duane Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: City Hall Place - Duane Street, 1932

    Manhattan: City Hall Place - Duane Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: City Hall Place - Duane Street, 1932

    Manhattan: City Hall Place - Duane Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1932

    Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

    1932

  • Manhattan: City Hall Place - Duane Street, 1932

    Manhattan: City Hall Place - Duane Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place, 1929–1938

Photo 5 of 13 at Duane Street & City Hall Place, Manhattan

Manhattan: Duane Street - City Hall Place

1929; 1938

(1) Duane Street, north side, east from and including City Hall Place, to but not including Park Row, as seen from Chambers Street, in the foreground. The St. Andrew's Catholic Church is seen on the S.E. corner of City Hall Place and Duane Street. February 24, 1929. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, three years later. October 22, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (3) The Church under demolition, prior to the construction upon this site, of a new edifice. Note the changed background in this view; Municipal and Federal structures surrounding same and forming a Civic Centre on Foley Square. January 27, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

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