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Greenwich Street & Leroy Street, Manhattan

15 historical photos taken here between 1930 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Leroy Street - Greenwich Street, 1930–1938

    Manhattan: Leroy Street - Greenwich Street

    1930; 1938

  • Manhattan: Leroy Street - Greenwich Street, 1930–1938

    Manhattan: Leroy Street - Greenwich Street

    1930; 1938

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Clarkson Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Clarkson Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Clarkson Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Clarkson Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Clarkson Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Clarkson Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Leroy Street - Greenwich Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Leroy Street - Greenwich Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Clarkson Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Clarkson Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street, 1942

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street

    1942

  • Manhattan: Clarkson Street - Greenwich Street., 1942

    Manhattan: Clarkson Street - Greenwich Street.

    1942

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street, 1942

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street

    1942

  • Manhattan: Clarkson Street - Greenwich Street., 1942

    Manhattan: Clarkson Street - Greenwich Street.

    1942

  • Manhattan: Clarkson Street - Greenwich Street., 1942

    Manhattan: Clarkson Street - Greenwich Street.

    1942

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street, 1942

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Leroy Street

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Leroy Street - Greenwich Street, 1930–1938

Photo 2 of 15 at Greenwich Street & Leroy Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Leroy Street - Greenwich Street

1930; 1938

Leroy Street, north side, from Greenwich to Hudson Streets, and St. Luke's Place, the extension of Leroy Street east of Hudson Street through the former Trinity Cemetery. The bend in the street, in the background of the picture, coincides with the old boundary line between the Trinity Church Farm, on the west, and the Herring Farm, on the east. In the 1840's the northern half of the cemetery, which originally extended from Clarkson to Morton Streets, was given up by Trinity Church. Leroy Street, on being cut through, met the western end of Burton Street, and absorbed it, the whole being renumbered west from Bleecker (formerly Herring) Street. See Leroy Street, eastern section, and St. Luke's Place. June 15, 1930. P. L. Sperr. (2) Leroy Street, East from Hudson Street at St. Luke's Place, October 2, 1938. P.L. Sperr,

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