Manhattan: Washington Square North - University Place

1933; 1940

Manhattan: Washington Square North - University Place

(1) Washington Square North, west from University Place, showing various private dwellings (erected about 1830) that face Washington Square. The block front in the foreground are holdings of the Sailors Smug Harbor. Fifth Avenue is in the center and the Rhinelander stands at the far corner. View 2 is similar, from a point closer to Fifth Avenue. P. L. Sperr View 1: April 26, 1933 View 2: August 25, 1933 (2) Washington Square North, looking towards Fifth Avenue from University Place. Former residential section of New York's Four Hundred. P. L. Sperr May 11, 1940 (3) Washington Square North, looking towards Fifth Avenue from University Place. Former residential section of New York's Four Hundred. P. L. Sperr May 11, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection