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West 57th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1899 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1899–1927

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1899; 1927

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1899–1927

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1899; 1927

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1926

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1926

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1926

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1926

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 8th Avenue, 1926

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 8th Avenue

    1926

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 57th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 57th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 8th Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 8th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1931

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Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1899–1927

Photo 2 of 12 at West 57th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

1899; 1927

West 57th Street, north side, east from a point (No. 319, left) to the west of Eighth Avenue, across same to Broadway (extreme right). Silhouetted against the new General Motors Bldg. is the Church of the Strangers (P.E.) at No. 309 W. 57th Street. This structure, built as a memorial to Dr. Charles F. Deems in 1870 by the Universalist Church of Our Saviour, was sold to the present occupants about 1899 and will shortly be demolished. View No. 2 shows the Church mainly, as observed northward across a excavation on the south side of the Street. Moses King's hand book of New York (1892), on page 351, states that Church of the Strangers at No. 299 Mercer Street was purchased by Commodore Vanderbilt in 1870 and presented to Dr. Deems, a former M.E. clergyman from North Carolina. His preaching attracted great attention and he organized this church in 1868 with out organic connections with any other denomination. July 11, 1927. Views 1 and 2 P. L. Sperr

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