1930

Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

East Houston Street, east from but not including the Bowery, showing construction work in progress (on the north side of the street), on the Independent System Subway (Eighth Ave. subway), after the buildings which previously had occupied that area, were razed. In the background is visible a portion of the Second Ave. Elevated Line, running at this point on First Ave. October 12, 1930. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection