Manhattan: Varick Street - Laight Street
(1) Varick Street, east side, between Laight (left) and Beach (right) Streets, as seen across clearance (site of former N.Y. Central R.R. Depot) from Hudson Street. The 4-story building, occupying the center of the aforementioned block front, is a U.S. Post Office. Prominent building shown, (background), is the N.Y. Telephone Building. May 20, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (2) A closer view of the P.O. Building. This view is seen from Laight Street. May 20, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (3) A view more to the south, as seen from the same point of vantage as No. 2, and showing the Beach Street intersection. The buildings on the right (Merchants Refrigerating Co., and 4th Precinct Police Station) are on Ericsson Place (formerly Beach Street). May 20, 1937. P. L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
