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East 36th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

54 historical photos taken here between 1919 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 36th Avenue - 2nd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 36th Avenue - 2nd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 36th Street - 2nd Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 36th Street - 2nd Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1931–1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1931; 1936

  • Manhattan: 36th Street - 2nd Avenue, 1931–1936

    Manhattan: 36th Street - 2nd Avenue

    1931; 1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St., 1931–1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St.

    1931; 1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1931–1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1931; 1936

  • Manhattan: 36th Street - 2nd Avenue, 1931–1936

    Manhattan: 36th Street - 2nd Avenue

    1931; 1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1939

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1939

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1939

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1939

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.], 1939

    General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.]

    1939

  • General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.], 1939

    General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.]

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.], 1939

    General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.]

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1939

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1939

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E., 1939

    Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939; 1941

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.]

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939; 1941

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 36th St. E.

    1939

  • General view - [Manhattan - 36th Street (East) - St. Gabriel's branch of the New York Public Library.]

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1940

  • 36th Street (East) #303, north side

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1940

Photo 52 of 54 at East 36th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 36th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

1940

view 1: East 36th Street, e. fr. Second Avenue, showing change in road level because of construction of Queens Midtown Tunnel. view 2: North from E. 36th Street on new road between First and Second Avenues. Note change in street level along E. 37th Street as result of construction of Queens Midtown Tunnel. P. L. Sperr, photographer July 5, 1940

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