The right side of the block is the north side with even numbers. The first store on the right seems to be a glass store numbered 98. This is before the Manhattan Bridge is built. PS 124, the Yung Wing School, is located at 40 Division Street.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Division Street 1902
The right side of the block is the north side with even numbers. The first store on the right seems to be a glass store numbered 98. This is before the Manhattan Bridge is built. PS 124, the Yung Wing School, is located at 40 Division Street.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Seward Park Aerial View 1
I finally finished the painstaking work of piecing together an enlarged view of an amazing aerial shot of the Seward Park area. It measures about 47 by 38 inches. I would guess it was taken in the early 1930's, but it's mislabeled 1947. I'll post it in sections with some labeling. The above shows the approximate square block area incorporating Orchard, Hester, Essex and Grand Streets. The 2nd Avenue El is visible at the top. It was demolished in 1942. Prior to that, in 1930, a portion of the eastern side of Allen Street was demolished as well in order to widen the block. Allen Street becomes First Avenue above Houston Street. PS 62 is visible in the photo at the bottom. It would soon be torn down because of the construction of the 6th Avenue Independent line. The last section of that line, which was completed in 1936, required the excavation of portions of Essex Street. You can view PS 62 in 1930 in this prior post
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Venice Theater On Park Row: 1940
A follow up to story about Mazie told to me by Bruno in Tanahey Park last week
Bruno probably lived near where the X is the top map before he moved to Knickerbocker Village. It's a section I cropped from the Galt Hoy map (circa 1900) found on the library of congress site. In the bottom section you can see the Venice Theater where Mazie Phillips (Gordon) worked.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
The Debate Over The El 1950
Looks like our Councilman Robert Weisberger, who also lived in KV came down on the correct side of this issue which pitted the upper class that enjoyed the convenience of traveling to Wall Street against the working classes that had the noisy and dirty trains cutting through their neighborhood.
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