1934

Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Elizabeth Street

East Houston Street, north side, east from and including Elizabeth Street, showing the clearance created by the demolition of buildings which formerly stood there, to make way for the construction of the Independent System Subway (Eighth Ave. subway). Also shown is the Houston Street station of the Third Ave. Elevated Line, on the Bowery. In the left foreground appear Nos. 288 and 290 (right to left) Elizabeth Street, adjoining and north of the N.E. corner of East Houston Street.(The corner is a clearance). March 12, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection