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Lafayette Street & Great Jones Street, Manhattan

18 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street - 8th Street (East)., 1900

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street - 8th Street (East).

    1900

  • Manhattan: Bond Street - Lafayette Street, 1900

    Manhattan: Bond Street - Lafayette Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street, 1900

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street, 1900

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street, 1901

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street

    1901

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street, 1901

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street

    1901

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street

    1926

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street, 1934–1935

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Great Jones Street - Lafayette Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Great Jones Street - Lafayette Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street, 1934–1935

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street, 1934–1935

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Great Jones Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Shinbone Alley, 1939

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Shinbone Alley

    1939

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Shinbone Alley, 1939

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Shinbone Alley

    1939

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Shinbone Alley, 1939

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Shinbone Alley

    1939

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Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street - 8th Street (East)., 1900

Photo 1 of 18 at Lafayette Street & Great Jones Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Bond Street - 8th Street (East).

1900

Lafayette Street (Elm Street), north from but not including Bond, to and including East 8th Streets (where it terminates), showing the street under construction from Bond to Great Jones Street (where wooden fence is strung across), after the demolition of buildings which formerly stood there. The construction of the street necessitated the razing of many buildings in a northerly direction from Elm Street, which terminated at a point slightly south of Jersey Street, to Lafayette Place, which commenced at Great Jones Street. The new street was named Lafayette Street several years later. October 4, 1900. Board of Transportation Photograph. William B. Parsons Collection.

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