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Third Avenue Elevated Train Station (demolished) at 14th Street looking west, with the old Academy of Music (later the Palladium — demolished), 126 East 14th Street, visible behind
Given that there is an advertisement for the movie “Laura” in the background, it is likely this photo dates to 1944. There are also advertisements for the re-election of Assemblymember…
Posted September 14, 2020
Read MoreSteven McDonald Anniversary Walk to Fire Station at 33rd Street, September 2004
In the months following the destruction of the World Trade Center and on each anniversary of 9/11, crowds gathered at the West Side Highway and Christopher Street to support the…
Posted May 9, 2021
Read MoreAn Unknown Pedestrian Looks Through Flyers for Missing Loved Ones Attached to a Bus Station as a Coach USA Bus Passes By 30 7th Avenue
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
Read MoreMissing Persons, Relief Station, and Support Groups Advertised on Wall
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
Read MoreRelief Station, Vigil, and a Missing Loved One Advertised on a Phone Box Outside One Abingdon Delicatessen
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
Read MoreRed Cross Emergency Stations Set Up on Greenwich Street
Tribeca resident Richard Corman documented the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, from his roof at 335 Greenwich Street, and the surrounding area in the…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read MoreCarole Teller’s Changing New York, Part 5
…of being demolished, like Penn Station or tenements being cleared for urban renewal. In other cases, they were fading painted signs growing fainter by the day. But often these were…
Posted June 1, 2020
Read MoreCarole Teller’s Changing New York, Part 4
…of being demolished, like Penn Station or tenements being cleared for urban renewal. In other cases, they were fading painted signs growing fainter by the day. But often these were…
Posted June 1, 2020
Read MoreCarole Teller’s Changing New York, Part 3
…of being demolished, like Penn Station or tenements being cleared for urban renewal. In other cases, they were fading painted signs growing fainter by the day. But often these were…
Posted June 1, 2020
Read MoreCarole Teller’s Changing New York, Part 2
…of being demolished, like Penn Station or tenements being cleared for urban renewal. In other cases, they were fading painted signs growing fainter by the day. But often these were…
Posted June 1, 2020
Read MoreCarole Teller’s Changing New York
…of being demolished, like Penn Station or tenements being cleared for urban renewal. In other cases they were fading painted signs growing fainter by the day. But often these were…
Posted June 1, 2020
Read More9/11 Tiles For America Collection — Memorial at Mulry Square
…to give the memorial “oasis-like” privacy. However, the memorial was threatened again later that year when the MTA announced plans to build an emergency ventilation substation on the site. Through…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read More9/11 Lenore Mills Collection
…removed from Ground Zero in May 2002, and on each anniversary of 9/11. This collection documents their volunteer efforts, including a trip the group took to Shanksville, Pennsylvania in 2002….
Posted August 19, 2021
Read MoreViolinist performing in Washington Square Park, with 2 Fifth Avenue visible behind
According to Pryor Dodge: “He was invariably stationed next to the flagpole (originally positioned next to the fountain). In contrast to the surrounding hip music, his repertoire of choice was…
Posted March 3, 2021
Read MoreViolinist performing in Washington Square Park, with fountain visible behind
According to Pryor Dodge: “He was invariably stationed next to the flagpole (originally positioned next to the fountain). In contrast to the surrounding hip music, his repertoire of choice was…
Posted March 3, 2021
Read MoreHank Webber: “Looking Up”
…and silk. This put me in the heart of downtown Manhattan, specifically, the Financial District. There I watched the building of the Towers as I walked from the PATH station…
Posted September 8, 2021
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