Sixth Avenue El - Village Preservation

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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.

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Posted October 1, 2020

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Sixth Avenue El at 23rd Street, looking south along the west side of the street.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Removal of the Sixth Avenue El at Jefferson Market.

Posted June 2, 2020

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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

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

Posted December 5, 2023

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘Sammy’s Noodle Shop,’ 453 Sixth Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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‘Russian Arts,’ 451 Sixth Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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‘Ray’s Pizza,’ 465 Sixth Avenue at 11th Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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Phone booths, west side of Sixth Avenue, north of 10th Street, looking east

Posted June 2, 2020

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‘New World Coffee,’ 445 Sixth Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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North side of Vandam Street looking east towards Sixth Avenue

8/18/2015 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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442 Sixth Avenue

TBD LPC hearing date. For more information regarding this application, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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Jefferson Market, 450 Sixth Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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East side of Sixth Avenue at 8th Street.

Posted June 2, 2020

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64-68 West 10th Street and 434 Sixth Avenue (l. to r.), 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District designation photo

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Posted June 2, 2020

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Sixth Avenue at Waverly Pl Looking North featuring Women’s House of Detention

Posted June 2, 2020

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Sixth Avenue at Waverly Pl Looking North featuring Women’s House of Detention and Jefferson Market Library

Posted June 2, 2020

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44-68 West 10th Street and 434 Sixth Avenue (l. to r.), c. 1940 tax photo

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Posted June 2, 2020

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Milligan Place and 457 Sixth Avenue (r.)

Posted June 2, 2020

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Nathan’s Hotdogs at Sixth Avenue and 8th Street.

Posted June 2, 2020

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From the back of a flatbed truck, Robert F. Kennedy campaigns for the U.S. Senate, with (r. to l.) 391-375 Sixth Avenue in the background. Standing beside him are (l. to r.) New York State Assemblyman William Passannante and local Democratic Party leader (and future congressman and three-term New York City Mayor) Ed Koch.

Posted June 2, 2020

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View south across the rooftops of Soho. The street at left is Sullivan Street and at right, Sixth Avenue with World Trade Center.

Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection….

Posted June 2, 2020

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The 14th Store, at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street.

Posted June 2, 2020

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H&H Fruit and Vegetables, 471 Sixth Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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‘French Roast,’ 78 West 11th Street, SE corner of Sixth Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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‘French Roast,’ 78 West 11th Street, SE corner of Sixth Avenue Pt.2

Posted June 2, 2020

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‘Barney’s Hardware,’ 467 Sixth Avenue, north of 11th Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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‘Art Gallery,’ 446 Sixth Avenue

Posted June 2, 2020

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Nathan’s Hotdogs at Sixth Avenue and 8th Street.

Posted June 2, 2020

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466-468 Sixth Avenue, 1998

Posted June 2, 2020

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442-450 Sixth Avenue in Winter, with snow

Posted June 2, 2020

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‘An American Craftsman,’ 478 Sixth Avenue, east side btw. 11th and 12th Streets

Posted June 2, 2020

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Houses on the northwest corner of Sixth Avenue and 10th Street, btw Patchin Place and Milligan Place

Posted June 2, 2020

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210 Sixth Avenue

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Posted June 2, 2020

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14th Street looking east from Sixth Avenue.

Posted June 2, 2020

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View of Carmine Street from Sixth Avenue.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Women’s House of Detention (demolished) at Greenwich and Sixth Avenue. At this time, the prison had been closed for two years and was slated for demolition, which was completed the following year.

Posted June 2, 2020

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

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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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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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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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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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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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)

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

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

Posted October 5, 2022

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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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‘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 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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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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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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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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