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West 57th Street & 6th Avenue, Manhattan

20 historical photos taken here between 1911 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1911

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1911

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1924

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1924

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 57th Street (West), 1924

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 57th Street (West)

    1924

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1924

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1924

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 57th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 57th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue, 1928–1930

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue

    1928; 1930

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue, 1928–1929

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue

    1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue, 1928–1930

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue

    1928; 1930

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue, 1928–1929

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue

    1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue, 1928–1930

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue

    1928; 1930

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 57th Street (West), 1929

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 57th Street (West)

    1929

  • Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 57th Street - 6th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1938

  • 50 West 57th Street (Fifth Avenue - Sixth Avenue)

    50 West 57th Street (Fifth Avenue - Sixth Avenue)

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1928

Photo 12 of 20 at West 57th Street & 6th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 57th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

1928

101-123 West 57th Street, at, adjoining and west of the N.W. corner of Sixth Avenue. The buildings are, from right to left: Buckingham Apartments, New Metropolis Club, Steinway Building, and at the left, Calvary Baptist Church. Within a year the church will demolish this building, and erect the sixteen-story Hotel Salisbury, which will house the church and thus become the first skyscraper church. 1928. Sigurd Fischer.

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