Manhattan: Washington Street - Little West 12th Street
(1) Washington Street, west side, north from and including Little West 12th Street, after the demolition of the loft buildings between Little West 12th and 13th Streets. Washington Street bends at this point and runs north for two blocks, parallel to Ninth Avenue, and ends at 14th Street. July 28, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same twenty-one months later, showing the demolition of 443 West 13th Street and the two old tenement houses at 445-447. Behind them may be seen the top of the new building at 452 West 14th Street. March 12, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, seventeen days after (2), showing a pile driver at work in the clearing between Little West 12th Street and 13th Street. This view is from Gansevoort Market Stand, a little west of Washington Street. March 29, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
