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West Street & Clarkson Street, Manhattan

19 historical photos taken here between 1918 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1918

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1918

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1918

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1930–1940

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1930; 1940

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1930

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Clarkson Street - West Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Clarkson Street - West Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1930–1940

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1930; 1940

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1930

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1933

    Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

    1933

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street, 1933

Photo 19 of 19 at West Street & Clarkson Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: West Street - Clarkson Street

1933

West Street, east side, from Clarkson Street, opposite Pier 40, North River, to Watts Street (Pier 31). All the old buildings from Clarkson to Charlton Streets have been cleared away long since, and construction of the new St. John's Park Freight Terminal is beginning at the Charlton Street end. June 3, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

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