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West Street & Morris Street, Manhattan

18 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1925

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1925

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1925

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Battery Park - State Street., 1930

    Manhattan: Battery Park - State Street.

    1930

  • Manhattan: Battery Park - State Street., 1930

    Manhattan: Battery Park - State Street.

    1930

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1931

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1936–1937

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1936–1937

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1937

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1937

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1937

    Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street, 1931

Photo 11 of 18 at West Street & Morris Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: West Street - Morris Street

1931

44 and 45 (six-story white factory building, and 4-story one, adjoining it) West Street, east side, between Morris and Rector Streets, as seen across the clearance adjoining it which extends eastward from West to Washington Streets. Also shown, looking in a northeasterly direction, is the 35-story office building on the south side of Rector Street, from Washington to Greenwich Streets. In the right background is faintly visible the steeple of Trinity Church. April 18, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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