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Greenwich Street & Warren Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Warren Street, 1940

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Warren Street

    1940

  • Greenwich Street #278-90 - Chambers Street, southwest corner, 1942-10-11

    Greenwich Street #278-90 - Chambers Street, southwest corner

    1942-10-11

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Warren Street, 1940

Photo 1 of 2 at Greenwich Street & Warren Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Warren Street

1940

Greenwich Street, south from Warren Street as photographed from the Ninth Avenue Elevated Line station there. At the left is the massive white structure that is the newely erected U. S. Office Building and Post Office. June 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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