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Irving Place & East 15th Street, Manhattan

20 historical photos taken here between 1860 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East), 1860–1900

    Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East)

    1860; 1890; 1900

  • Manhattan: Irving Place - 16th Street (East), 1909

    Manhattan: Irving Place - 16th Street (East)

    1909

  • Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East), 1909

    Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East)

    1909

  • Manhattan: 15th Street (East) - Irving Place, 1911

    Manhattan: 15th Street (East) - Irving Place

    1911

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast).], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast).]

    1930

  • General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.], 1930

    General view - [Manhattan - Irving Place - 15th Street (Southeast) - Between 3rd Avenue and Union Square.]

    1930

  • Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East), 1935

    Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East)

    1935

  • Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East), 1937

    Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 15th Street (East) - Irving Place, 1938

    Manhattan: 15th Street (East) - Irving Place

    1938

  • Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East)., 1938

    Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East).

    1938

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Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East), 1860–1900

Photo 1 of 20 at Irving Place & East 15th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Irving Place - 15th Street (East)

1860; 1890; 1900

Irving Place, at and adjoining the S.W. corner of East 15th Street (right), showing at the corner, the Irving Place Theatre. This structure was known as Amberg's Theatre in 1892, which opened here in 1888 and at which the Muenchener Company played on November 5, 1890. Upon this site formerly stood Irving Hall, opened December 20, 1860 for balls, lectures and concerts, and which was famous as a rendezvous for one faction of the Democratic party, to which it gave its name. Today (1938), this building is given over to Burlesque performances, a feature which aroused local interest when Judge Crain was District Attorney of Manhattan recently; this and adjoining property being in his family for years. A negative print accompanies this, forming a set of two. About 1900.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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