1939

Manhattan: Scammel Street - Cherry Street

Scammel Street, north from Cherry Street, showing a portion of the extensive demolition necessary for the government sponsored public housing project "Vladeck Houses". Included on this narrow thoroughfare are all the buildings from Cherry to Monroe, to Madison Street's. View 2 details a rear house that formerly stood in the center of the left foreground block. This is the structure appearing above the truck. It was entered from 62 Gouverneur Street. 1: June 24, 1939 2: April 23, 1939 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection