Skip to main content
VVestiges of New York49,000+ historical photos
MapBrowseAboutGet the iPhone app (opens the App Store)
  1. Browse /
  2. Manhattan /
  3. This place

West 34th Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan

20 historical photos taken here between 1919 and 1941, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue, 1924

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue

    1924

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue, 1924

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue

    1924

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1928–1930

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1928; 1930

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1928–1930

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1928; 1930

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 9th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1934–1941

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1934; 1941

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1934–1941

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1934; 1941

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1941

  • Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1941

  • 347 West 34th Street (Eighth Avenue - Ninth Avenue)

    347 West 34th Street (Eighth Avenue - Ninth Avenue)

    Unknown

Stand where these photos were taken

The free OldNYC app for iPhone centers the map on you and shows the historical photos taken closest to where you are.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone

Nearby places

  • 9th Avenue & 33rd Street, Manhattan (24 photos)
  • West 35th Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan (20 photos)
  • 9th Avenue & 32nd Street, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • Dyer Avenue & West 34th Street, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • West 33rd Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan (11 photos)
  • 9th Avenue & 31st Street, Manhattan (12 photos)
  • West 36th Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan (30 photos)
  • West 36th Street & Dyer Avenue, Manhattan (3 photos)

Explore

  • Map
  • Browse by place
  • Browse by decade

Boroughs

  • Manhattan
  • Brooklyn
  • Queens
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island

About

  • About and contact
  • Privacy

Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

OldNYC for iPhone

Find the historical photos taken closest to where you stand.

Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store
Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1941

Photo 18 of 20 at West 34th Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 34th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

1941

(1) West 34th Street, northwest corner and Ninth Avenue, looking northwards, 4-story frame building on corner. (2) West 34th Street, north side, and eastwards from Ninth Avenue The Hotel New Yorker, 40 story building looms up at the northwest corner of 8th Avenue. P.L. Sperr View 1: April 18, 1941 View 2: April 17, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

See this spot on the mapView on NYPL Digital Collections (opens in a new tab)

See this photo in high resolution

Zoom into the full-resolution scan in the OldNYC app for iPhone with OldNYC Supporter ($4.99). The free app also centers the map on you, so you can find the photos taken closest to where you stand.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone