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Liberty Street & Greenwich Street, Manhattan

3 historical photos taken here between 1933 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Washington Street - Liberty Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Washington Street - Liberty Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Liberty Street - Greenwich Street, 1938

    Manhattan: Liberty Street - Greenwich Street

    1938

  • Liberty Street - Greenwich Street, northwest corner, 1941-05-04

    Liberty Street - Greenwich Street, northwest corner

    1941-05-04

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Liberty Street - Greenwich Street, 1938

Photo 2 of 3 at Liberty Street & Greenwich Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Liberty Street - Greenwich Street

1938

Liberty Street, north side, between Greenwich and Washington Streets, showing a '9 foot alley between No's 129 and 131 which according to the City Record appears to be ownerless. Its is 72 feet deep and of irregular width, leading to the rear of buildings that face on the west side of Greenwich Street. At the northern extremity is the side of the building in which John Thomas Smith lived and recently died in; No. 154 Greenwich Street. August 1938 George D. Chinn

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