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7th Avenue & 14th Street, Manhattan

10 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 14th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - Between 7th and 8th Avenues., 1937

    Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - Between 7th and 8th Avenues.

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1929–1938

Photo 4 of 10 at 7th Avenue & 14th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 14th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

1929; 1938

225 to 265 West 14th Street, north side, west from a point midway between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and to the latter (left). At the right are, the Covenant of Our Lady of Peace (No. 225-7) and the Spanish-American, Roman Catholic Church of Nueatre Senors de Guadalupe (No. 229-31). To the west, where the dual high steps appear, branched the old Pitzroy Road. The dominant structure is the Lawyers' Trust Co. Building occupying a site at the N.E. corner of Eighth Avenue. To the right top appears portions of the Port Authority Building, No. 111 Eighth Avenue. Views 2 and 3 are individual photos of the first mentioned features. Construction material shown is for the 14th Street extension to the Municipal Subway (Eighth Avenue). View 1: June 1938 George D. Chinn View 2,3: May 30, 1929 P. L. Sperr

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