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Lafayette Street & East 4th Street, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1895 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1895

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1895

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1901

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1901

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1911

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1911

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1920

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1920

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1929

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1929

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1929

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1929

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1929

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1929

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1929

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1929

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

    1938

  • Lafayette Street - 4th Street - Astor Place, west side, 1938

    Lafayette Street - 4th Street - Astor Place, west side

    1938

  • 29 East 4th Street - Lafayette Street

    29 East 4th Street - Lafayette Street

    Unknown

  • 29 East 4th Street - Lafayette Street

    29 East 4th Street - Lafayette Street

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East), 1901

Photo 2 of 12 at Lafayette Street & East 4th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Lafayette Street - 4th Street (East)

1901

Lafayette Street (Elm Street), north from but not including East 4th, to and including East 8th Streets (where it terminates), showing construction work in progress on the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. (I.R.T.) Subway. In the background is shown the Germania Theatre, adjoining the N.W. corner of Fourth Ave. It was later razed and on its site was erected (between 1902 and 1905) the 14-story main building of the John Wanamaker Department Store. On the right are visible the lower floors of the Astor Library, now (1937) the home of the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society ("Hias"). April 1, 1901. Board of Transportation Photograph. William B. Parsons Collection.

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