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Greenwich Street & Fulton Street, Manhattan

20 historical photos taken here between 1867 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street, 1867

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street

    1867

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street, 1867

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street

    1867

  • Manhattan: Fulton Street - Greenwich Street, 1918

    Manhattan: Fulton Street - Greenwich Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street, 1930–1937

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street

    1930; 1937

  • Manhattan: Fulton Street - Greenwich Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Fulton Street - Greenwich Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street, 1930–1937

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street

    1930; 1937

  • Manhattan: Dey Street - Greenwich Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Dey Street - Greenwich Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Fulton Street - Greenwich Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Fulton Street - Greenwich Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Dey Street - Greenwich Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Dey Street - Greenwich Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Fulton Street

    1941

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Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street, 1867

Photo 1 of 20 at Greenwich Street & Fulton Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Dey Street

1867

Greenwich Street, at Dey Street, showing the "El" station at the S.E. corner under construction. This view shows the Dey Street side, as the "El" tracks are on Greenwich Street. To the right center are buildings at the S.W. corner of this intersection. Kings "Handbook of New York" states that the inventor Charles C. Harvey was permitted to build an experimental track along Greenwich Street from the Battery to 29th St. If it succeeded he was to have permission to extend the line to the Harlem River, but if it failed he was to take it down. The system was commenced in 1867 and the means of locomotion was a wire rope drawn by a stationary engine. The method was unsuccessful and the matter lay in sbayence for several years. The company failed in 1870 and was succeeded by the New York Elevated Railroad Co. which began the use of small locomotives on the tracks.

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