Manhattan: Leonard Street - Lafayette Street, 1939

Manhattan: Leonard Street - Lafayette Street

Leonard Street (right), north side, east from Lafayette, across Centre to Bayard Streets. Prominently shown is the Tombs prison occupying the square block north to Franklin Street. The latter thoroughfare separates this from the Criminal Courts, a portion of which appears at the upper left. Alexander Alland This photo is one of a series that appeared in the published volume "Portrait of N. Y." by Felix Reisenberg and Alex. Alland, IRGV. 1939

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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