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Centre Street & Walker Street, Manhattan

5 historical photos taken here between 1933 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Centre Street - Canal Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Centre Street - Canal Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Centre Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Centre Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Centre Street - Walker Street, 1938

    Manhattan: Centre Street - Walker Street

    1938

  • Manhattan: Centre Street - Walker Street, 1938

    Manhattan: Centre Street - Walker Street

    1938

  • Manhattan: Centre Street - Walker Street, 1938

    Manhattan: Centre Street - Walker Street

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Centre Street - Walker Street, 1938

Photo 5 of 5 at Centre Street & Walker Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Centre Street - Walker Street

1938

(1) Centre Street, south from Walker Street, and showing at Foley Square several civic, state and federal structures, prominent of which are, the New York State Bldg., the Federal Courts Bldg. and the Municipal Bldg. Dimly seen on the right is the old Tombs prison, opposite a clearance where a new Criminal Courts (and prison) Bldg. will rise. P. L. Sperr June 10, 1938. (2) The Tombs and the Board of Health Bldg. on the west side of Centre Street, occupying the blocks from Franklin to Worth Streets, as viewed south-westward from White Street and across the westerly side of the new court site. P. L. Sperr June 10, 1938.

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