1939

Manhattan: Church Street - Barclay Street

Church Street, north from Barclay Street, showing the Sixth Avenue "El" photographed against buildings on the east side of this thoroughfare and its Park Place station prior to demolition. View No. 3, being one month later, shows the razing of this structure underway. Note that this thoroughfare has been widened, a slice having been taken off of the west side of same. This occurred during subway construction recently. The property at the left, consisting of 2 square blocks, are holdings of Columbia University. At the northern edge of this, the "El" turns westward thru Murray Street. January 17, 1939 Views 1 and 2 View 3: February 18, 1939 P. L. Sperr (1 and 2) Gift of W. A. Lucas

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection