1939

Manhattan: West Broadway - Canal Street

West Broadway, north from a point between Canal and Grand Street's and across the latter. View 1 emphasizes the walled yard of the Railway Express Agency on the east side of this thorough-fare. The not shown St. Alphonsus Church (left) faces this. Views 2 and 3 are from a vantage point closer to Grand Street. Note in the earlier view the iron standards that formerly supported the old Sixth Avenue "El." In the background, beyond Washington Square appears the apartment structure, No. 1 Fifth Avenue and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. tower. Views 1, 2: May 19, 1939 View 3: March 19, 1939 P. L. Sperr View 1 2 - #2117 (neg) 3 - Neg # 218

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection