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Front Street & Beekman Street, Manhattan

5 historical photos taken here between 1928 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Beekman Street - Front Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Beekman Street - Front Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street, 1928

Photo 3 of 5 at Front Street & Beekman Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Front Street - Beekman Street

1928

Front Street, east side, south from and including Beekman, to, but not including Fulton Streets. The view shows a garage occupying the western extremity of the Fulton Fish Market. (Front Street, is arbitrarily set to run north and south between Coenties Slip, and the Brooklyn Bridge). April 13, 1928. P. L. Sperr.

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