Manhattan: South Street - Roosevelt Street
173 and 174 South Street (the old numbers, seen on the picture, were, respectively, 174 and 175 until 1891, according to the C.W. Bromley real estate map of that year. The succeeding map of 1897 and all others that have followed until the present day, 1937, designate the two houses by the new numbers), adjoining and at the S.W. corner of Roosevelt Street. Also shown is No. 133 Roosevelt Street a 4-story loft building at the S.E. corner of Front Street. A portion of the Brooklyn Bridge can be seen in the left background. No. 173 (old No. 174) is the house in which Alfred E. Smith was born on December 30, 1873. He served four terms as Governor of the State of New York and was Democratic candidate for President in 1928. Long in New York City and State politics, he is often referred to as "New York's own Al Smith." He is a leading figure in the Society of Tammany and is one of the organizers of the Liberty League, an organization of leading industrialists and bankers of extremely conservative leanings in politics. Born and raised in the city slums, he had no more than a parochial school education. In later life, as a public personality he received several degrees as Doctor of Laws from Harvard, Columbia, Fordham, and other famous universities. About 1925. Brown Brothers.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
