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West 51st Street & 6th Avenue, Manhattan

55 historical photos taken here between 1921 and 1961, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 52nd Street - 6th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 52nd Street - 6th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street - 6th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 52nd Street - 6th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street - 6th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 52nd Street - 6th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1927–1941

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1927; 1934; 1941

  • Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 51st Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 51st Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Central Park from 52nd Street - 6th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: Central Park from 52nd Street - 6th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street - 6th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 52nd Street - 6th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Aerial view from Radio City., 1933

    Manhattan: Central Park - Aerial view from Radio City.

    1933

  • Manhattan: Central Park - [Aerial view from Radio City.], 1933

    Manhattan: Central Park - [Aerial view from Radio City.]

    1933

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Aerial view from Radio City., 1933

    Manhattan: Central Park - Aerial view from Radio City.

    1933

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Aerial view from Radio City., 1933

    Manhattan: Central Park - Aerial view from Radio City.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 51st Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 51st Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 51st Street - 6th Avenue

    1941

  • 6th Avenue at 51st Street and , Northeast side to East, Manhattan

    1941-08-03

  • Sixth Avenue - West 51st Street

    1960

  • Sixth Avenue - West 51st Street

    1960

  • Sixth Avenue - West 51st Street

    1960

  • Sixth Avenue - West 51st Street

    1960

  • Sixth Avenue - West 51st Street

    1960

  • Sixth Avenue - West 51st Street

    1961

  • Sixth Avenue - West 51st Street

    Unknown

  • Sixth Avenue - West 51st Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1932

Photo 23 of 55 at West 51st Street & 6th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 51st Street (West) - 6th Avenue

1932

(1) West 51st Street, south side, east from Sixth Ave. Shown thru the steel lattice work of a unit of Radio City, at the S.W. corner of Fifth Ave., is St. Patrick's Cathedral, R.C. Other prominent structures are respectively from left to right, the General Electric Building, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and No. 444 Madison Ave. On the extreme right appears a portion of Sak's Dept. Store. October 22, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, slightly eastward. October 22, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (3) Another view of the same. October 22, 1932. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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