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Looking east on West 10th Street toward Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue, showing (r. to l.) 134-130 West 10th Street, 21 Greenwich Avenue, Jefferson Market Courthouse (now library) at 421 Sixth Avenue, and 442-448 Sixth Avenue

For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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Corner of Ninth Avenue and Little West 12th Street, looking north, with 2 Ninth Avenue on the right and 29-75 Ninth Avenue on the left (l. to r.). The Ninth Avenue El being demolished and the National Biscuit Company building are visible on the left, c. 1940

This image shows the Ninth Avenue El, NYC’s first elevated train line, being dismantled c. 1940. For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this…

Posted October 1, 2020

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View from 1st Avenue & 4th Street looking northwest, including west side of 1st Avenue north of 4th Street and south side of 5th Street west of 1st Avenue (67-75 1st Avenue, 303-341 East 5th Street)

Posted June 2, 2020

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South side of Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, looking east from Nostrand Avenue; 741 Myrtle Avenue (with Tetely’s Tea ghost sign) is center, tall structure in background left is 689 Myrtle Ave.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Latino Church procession marching south on 2nd Avenue, image from 2nd Avenue & 4th Street looking northwest with L-R: 69,71,73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87 2nd Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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Abe Lebewohl Park, northwest corner of 2nd Avenue & 10th Street, looking southeast to Second Avenue Deli at 156 2nd Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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From 3rd Avenue between 9th and Stuyvesant, looking southeast. 29 Third Avenue (demolished; now Cooper Union dorm) at lower left, 23 3rd Avenue at lower right, and dome of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in center

Posted June 2, 2020

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East side of 3rd Avenue between 11th & 12th Streets, now NYU Third Avenue North Dorms, 75 3rd Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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21 Greenwich Avenue, 130-142 Greenwich Avenue c. 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District Designation photo, and 21 Greenwich Avenue c. 1985

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Posted June 2, 2020

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Filming of ‘Ragtime’ Avenue B looking northeast from corner of 11th Street with (left to right) buildings replaced by 185 Avenue B and 195, 199-203 Avenue B visible

Posted June 2, 2020

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45th Street and 7th Avenue, east side of 7th Avenue with Sixth Avenue office buildings in background

Posted June 2, 2020

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Southeast corner of Sixth Avenue and West 11th Street (now demolished), showing the Shearith Israel Cemetery on the left and 452 Sixth Avenue behind. The Sixth Avenue El is visible on the right, 1898. The six-story building behind the El has been demolished and replaced with today’s P.S. 41.

For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….

Posted October 1, 2020

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33, 29, 27, 23, 13-19 3rd Avenue, 63-69,53-61, 41, 29-33, 27, 25 Cooper Square, 200 East 5th Street. 7 200 East 6th Street; east side of 3rd Avenue & Cooper Square from 4th to 9th Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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61 1st Avenue, aka 130 East 4th Street, southwest corner of 1st Avenue & 4th Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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20-24 2nd Avenue, northeast corner 2nd Avenue &1st Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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132 2nd Avenue (Estroff Pharmacy), northeast corner of St. Mark’s Place, with (L-R) 58, 56, 54, 52, 50, 48 St. Mark’s (south side east of 2nd Avenue)

Posted June 2, 2020

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Southeast corner of 2nd Avenue & St. Mark’s Place looking south, with vendors in front of 130 2 Av; 128, 126 2nd Avenue visible to right

Posted June 2, 2020

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21 Greenwich Avenue, c. 1940 tax photo (left); 21 Greenwich Avenue, and the Almanac House at 130 West 10th Street, c. 1941 (l. to r., middle); and c. 1940 tax photo (l. to r., right)

For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here. …

Posted June 2, 2020

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133 2nd Avenue, northwest corner of St. Mark’s Place, former St. Mark’s Movie House (Big Chill, My Favorite Year, Citizen Kane), with 135-137 Avenue visible (right)

Posted June 2, 2020

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East Wall of PS 63, 121 East 3rd Street, north side between Avenue A & 1st Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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View northwest from 1st Avenue & 5th Street, with Midtown skyline, including facades of 339-347 East 5th Street, 83-85 & 87 1st Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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View southeast from St. Vincent’s Hospital, 7th Avenue and 11th Street, with Greenwich Village, Greenwich Avenue, and the World Trade Center visible

Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection….

Posted June 2, 2020

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Tompkins Square paint out; fence along west side of Tompkins Square along Avenue A just north of 9th Street, looking east to the Christadora House (143 Avenue B at 9th Street)

Posted June 2, 2020

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L-R: 142, 140, 138 1st Avenue, east side, between St. Mark’s Place and 9th Street, ‘1st Avenue Meat Products’

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking northwest across 9th Avenue and 14th Street at 47-59 Ninth Avenue/401-403 W 14th Street (now Apple Store), with Chelsea Market behind.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Aerial bridges over 10th Avenue connecting Chelsea Market (l.) with 85 10th Avenue.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Chelsea Market buildings at northeast corner of Tenth Avenue and 15th Street, with aerial bridges across 10th Avenue.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking southwest across intersection of 9th Avenue and 16th Street at 400-406 West 16th Street/85-87 Ninth Avenue, Chelsea Market.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking northeast up 10th Avenue at 80-92 Tenth Avenue (part of Chelsea Market), with aerial bridges and High Line pre-conversion to park.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking east across 9th Avenue at 62-64 Ninth Avenue warehouse, southeast corner of 15th Street (now Porter House condominiums).

Posted June 2, 2020

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48 Ninth Avenue, 44 Ninth Avenue, and 351-353 West 14th Street, c. 1940 tax photos

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Posted June 2, 2020

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looking north up 9th Avenue at 44-54 Ninth Avenue, west side between 14th and 15th Streets.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking east across 9th Avenue at 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 Ninth Avenue, btw. 14th and 15th Streets.

Posted June 2, 2020

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396 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue), 1969 LPC Designation Photo

Posted October 5, 2022

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View looking East along 10th Street at the intersection of 4th Avenue. The corner building at right, 73 4th Avenue, was one of the six locations of the Artist’s Club (demolished)

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking northwest along Greenwich Avenue, showing 26-70 Greenwich Avenue (r. to l.), with the Loew’s Theater and the old St. Vincent’s Hospital (demolished) visible in the background

The four-story building in the center, five buildings from the right, is the old PS 41, demolished in the 1950s to make way for the new PS 41 and its…

Posted September 14, 2020

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Sidewalk Fruit Vendors, looking southeast from the corner of 39th Street and Ninth Avenues, with 514 Ninth Avenue visible back left

Posted September 14, 2020

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Ninth Avenue Elevated Rail (demolished), looking north along Ninth Avenue at the corner of West 13th Street, 1915

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Posted June 2, 2020

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‘Danger’ — looking northwest from the corner of 39th Street and Seventh Avenue, towards 550 Seventh Avenue

Posted September 14, 2020

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Looking south on the south side of Greenwich Avenue from Perry Street to Sixth Avenue

3/7/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here. Also included in 4/23/2013 application, here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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View north from just west of 211 East 53rd Street, north side of 53rd east of 3rd Avenue. From the future site of Philip Johnson’s ‘Lipstick Building,’ north to Roosevelt Post Office Building, 909 3rd Avenue, between west side of 54th & 55th Streets

Posted June 2, 2020

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North side of East 10th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B

12/04/2018 LPC hearing date. For more information regarding this application, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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263 East 10th Street, north side between 1st Avenue & Avenue A

Posted June 2, 2020

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Downing Street looking west from Sixth Avenue to Seventh Avenue South, 1933 NYPL Photo

Posted December 5, 2023

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50-52 2nd Avenue, 2nd Avenue Storefront, southeast corner of 3rd Street “Fountain Service”

Posted June 2, 2020

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L-R: 113 Avenue A with “Raymon’s Candy” (now Ray’s Candy Store, est. 1974), 115 Avenue A, west side, north of 7th Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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L-R: 99 & 101 2nd Avenue, west side, south of 6th Street, includes Schacht Appetizing & Block’s Drugs, with the since-demolished rear of Fillmore East 105 2nd Avenue visible at right

Posted June 2, 2020

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Women in front of 83 2nd Avenue, west side between 4th & 5th Streets, 83-105 2nd Avenue visible including Rapoport’s Restaurant & The Village Theater, later the Fillmore East

Posted June 2, 2020

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Loew’s Avenue B Theater, 62-66 Avenue B, southwest corner of 5th Street; demolished in 1968.

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Fifth Avenue from Washington Square Park to 14 Fifth Avenue, c. 1911

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Posted March 24, 2021

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Fourth Avenue Book Store, 132 4th Av, SE corner 13th St; 4th Avenue Books, former Post Office Bldg

Posted June 2, 2020

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160 & 162 1st Avenue, southeast corner of 10th Street, looking down East 10th Street east of 1st Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking south from Abe Lebewohl Park, northwest corner of 10th Street & 2nd Avenue, to 159 2nd Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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West side of 6th Avenue, between Greenwich Avenue & Waverly Place, with One Christopher Street rising behind

Posted June 2, 2020

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Loew’s Avenue B Theater, 62-66 Avenue B, southwest corner of 5th Street, demolished 1968 (1)

Visit our blog for more information about this and other lost theaters of the East Village…

Posted June 2, 2020

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Bocce Court at First Park, Houston Street west of 1st Avenue, looking northeast to (L-R) 12 1st Avenue, 78 East 1st Street (buildings further east since demolished, replaced by 92-96 East 1st Street)

Posted June 2, 2020

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Bocce Players in First Park, taken from north side of East Houston Street East of 1st Avenue, next to subway entrance, looking northeast, with 10-20 (right to left) 1st Avenue (east side) visible.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Cops and Pedestrian, intersection of 5th Street & 2nd Avenue, looking northeast; 88 2nd Avenue visible

Posted June 2, 2020

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Vegetable vendor. Southwest corner of 1st Avenue & 7th Street, looking northwest, with (left to right) 79, 81, 83, 85, & 87 East 7th Street (aka 115 1st Avenue) visible

Posted June 2, 2020

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Latino Church Parade, East 5th Street just east of 2nd Avenue, facing west, with 88 2nd Avenue visible behind

Posted June 2, 2020

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East side wall of 72-74 East 13th Street (aka 838 Broadway), south side between 4th Avenue & Broadway, with former Post Office at 78-80 East 13th Street (aka 132 4th Avenue, now the Hyatt Union Square hotel) visible in front

Posted June 2, 2020

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Loew’s Avenue B Theater, 62-66 Avenue B, southwest corner of 5th Street, demolished 1968 (2)

Visit our blog for more information about this and other lost theaters of the East Village…

Posted June 2, 2020

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Loew’s Avenue B Theater, 62-66 Avenue B, southwest corner of 5th Street, demolished 1968 (3)

Visit our blog for more information about this and other lost theaters of the East Village…

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking north up 5th Avenue from the southeast corner of 5th Avenue & 14th Street, with Empire State Building visible in the distance

Posted June 2, 2020

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Men sitting in front of 239-241 East 5th Street, northwest corner of 2nd Avenue, with view of East 5th between 2nd Avenue & Bowery, 20 Cooper Square

Posted June 2, 2020

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Phone booths, east side of 2nd Avenue between 4th & 5th Streets, looking west, with (left to right) 73, 75, & 77 2nd Avenue visible

Posted June 2, 2020

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109 Third Avenue

Learn more about 109 Third Avenue through our East Village Building Blocks. 109 Third Avenue via Google Streetview….

Posted May 11, 2023

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14th Street and Ninth Avenue Meatmarket, (2000)

Village Preservation proposed and secured landmark designation for the Gansevoort Market Historic District, including all the buildings seen on the west side of 9th Avenue and 14th Street, in 2003,…

Posted April 12, 2023

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44-54 Ninth Avenue, 341-45 West 14th Street

Village Preservation proposed and secured landmark designation for the Gansevoort Market Historic District, including these iconic buildings on the NE corner of 9th Avenue and 14th Street, in 2003, and…

Posted April 12, 2023

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9-19 Ninth Avenue

This building on the corner of Little West 12th Street was constructed in the 1880s for William Astor & John Jacob Astor IV. Village Preservation proposed and secured landmark designation…

Posted April 12, 2023

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North side of West 8th Street East from 6th Avenue, with El, 1935 NYPL Photograph

1935 empty lot at the southeast corner of Sixth Avenue and West 8th Street.

Posted October 5, 2022

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143-145 Avenue D, window detail

These buildings were originally constructed ca. 1827. More info: https://buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org/building/143-5-avenue-d/…

Posted April 12, 2023

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143-145 Avenue D, windows

These buildings were originally constructed ca. 1827. More info: https://buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org/building/143-5-avenue-d/…

Posted April 12, 2023

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East side of Sixth Avenue, south of Waverly Place

Sixth Avenue and Waverly Place via Google Streetview….

Posted May 16, 2023

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3, 5, and 7 Ninth Avenue btw. Gansevoort and Little West 12th Street

This row of houses was built in 1849. Village Preservation got these and surrounding buildings landmarked in 2003 as part of the Gansevoort Market Historic District, and listed on the…

Posted April 12, 2023

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Looking southwest from West 11th Street across Greenwich Avenue in foreground

West 11th Street and Greenwich Avenue via Google Streetview….

Posted May 16, 2023

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Vendors on Sixth Avenue east side, looking south from 8th Street

6th Avenue and 8th Street via Google Streetview….

Posted May 16, 2023

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Waverly Place looking west across Sixth Avenue in the rain

Sixth Avenue and Waverly Place via Google Streetview….

Posted May 16, 2023

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Construction Site at 555 Madison Avenue

555 Madison Avenue via Google Streetview….

Posted May 16, 2023

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(l. to r.) 287, 285, 283 Third Avenue

287, 285, 283 Third Avenue via Google Streetview….

Posted May 11, 2023

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57 1st Avenue, Optimo Cigars close-up

Posted June 2, 2020

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6th Street and Avenue B garden, southwest corner sculpture

Posted June 2, 2020

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6th Street and Avenue B garden, southwest corner sculpture (2)

Posted June 2, 2020

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6th Street and Avenue B garden, southwest corner sculpture (3)

Posted June 2, 2020

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6th Street and Avenue B garden, southwest corner sculpture (4)

Posted June 2, 2020

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7th Avenue and 12th Street, looking north, with St. Vincent’s O’Toole Building (left)

Posted June 2, 2020

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133 East 4th Street, aka 67 1st Avenue, northwest corner

Posted June 2, 2020

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Pedestrians and a Postal Service Truck Outside Chris French Cleaners on Astor Place, with an American Flag Above.jpg

Pedestrians and a Postal Service Truck Outside Chris French Cleaners on East 9th Street and Fourth Avenue, with an American Flag Above

Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Looking northwest along 8th Street towards 6th Avenue from MacDougal Street after 1978 Blizzard

Posted May 16, 2023

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57 1st Avenue, Optimo Cigars candy store

Posted June 2, 2020

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57 1st Avenue, Optimo Cigars (2)

Posted June 2, 2020

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57 1st Avenue, Optimo Cigars

Posted June 2, 2020

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Gas station, 2nd Avenue & 1st Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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62 Avenue A, cleaners with neon signs

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking South on Fifth Avenue Towards the Smoke Rising at Ground Zero

Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…

Posted September 8, 2021

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