14 Photos Of Manhattan From Before You Were Born
14 photos
<p>Houses Near 94th Street, including the home of Dr. Valentine Mott. 1853-1854.</p>
<p>Woolworth Building, 1912.</p>
<p>Columbus Circle. January 29, 1915.</p>
<p>Dakota Apartments. 1895.</p>
<p>"Southeast corner of Stone and Broad Streets, one of the smallest corners in New York." May 6, 1920.</p>
<p>Car wreck in Central Park, ca. 1910.</p>
<p>Oak and New Chambers Streets, Manhattan. October 28, 1935.</p>
<p>Building being demolished. May 1950 (okay, <em>maybe</em> you were already born by then). This reminds us of <a href="http://gothamist.com/2009/11/10/flashback_last_brownstone_standing.php">"the last Brownstone standing"</a> photo we unearthed a few years ago.</p>
<p>"Daylight coming to Allen Street. Easterly buildings shown demolished and repaving of roadway in progress. Looking north from East Broadway."</p>
<p>Broad and Wall streets. ca. 1910.</p>
<p>119 Hester Street. 1892.</p>
<p>"3rd Ave line of the Manhattan Elevated Railway running on tracks constructed alongside the Bowery which is being utilized by both horse drawn and mechanical traffic. 1922."</p>