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West Broadway & West 3rd Street, Manhattan

19 historical photos taken here between 1870 and 1945, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1870

    Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1870

  • Broadway, East Side. 3rd St. to Old London Bldg., 1899

    Broadway, East Side. 3rd St. to Old London Bldg.

    1899

  • Broadway, West Side. Third St. to Waverly Pl., 1899

    Broadway, West Side. Third St. to Waverly Pl.

    1899

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1900

    Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1900

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1910

    Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1910

  • Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1932

    Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1932

  • Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 3rd Street - West Broadway., 1937

    Manhattan: 3rd Street - West Broadway.

    1937

  • Manhattan: 3rd Street (West) - West Broadway, 1939

    Manhattan: 3rd Street (West) - West Broadway

    1939

  • Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1939

    Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1939

    Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1939

    Manhattan: West Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 3rd Street (West) - West Broadway, 1939

    Manhattan: 3rd Street (West) - West Broadway

    1939

  • Manhattan: 3rd Street (West) - West Broadway, 1939

    Manhattan: 3rd Street (West) - West Broadway

    1939

  • Manhattan: Broadway - [3rd Street], 1945

    Manhattan: Broadway - [3rd Street]

    1945

  • Manhattan: 3rd Street - 150th Street

    Manhattan: 3rd Street - 150th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West), 1936

Photo 9 of 19 at West Broadway & West 3rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Broadway - 3rd Street (West)

1936

(1) Broadway, south from and including West 3rd Street. The Broadway Central Hotel, Nos. 667-677, occupies a 7-story building, just south of the corner. 3rd Street, when east of Broadway, is called Great Jones Street, until it crosses the Bowery, where it becomes East 3rd Street. The 10-story structure shown on the extreme left, is No. 682 Broadway, and is at the S.E. corner of Great Jones Street. June 23, 1936. P: L. Sperr. (2) A view solely of the S.W. corner of West 3rd Street. June 23, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

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