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Looking north on West 10th Street in Coney Island towards Surf Avenue, graffitied subway, and Luna Park Houses

Posted June 2, 2020

    Looking north from just south of City Hall Park, with Civic Center and Midtown Skyline

    Posted June 2, 2020

      Looking east across Liberty Street from Liberty Tower, 55 Liberty Street, with One Chase Manhattan Plaza at right

      Posted June 2, 2020

        looking down at Pier 17, South Street Seaport

        Posted June 2, 2020

          Lexington Ave and 56th Street west side looking south, with Central Synagogue on right, and Summit Hotel and Chrysler Building on left

          Posted June 2, 2020

            Lexington Ave and 56th Street west side looking south, with Central Synagogue on right, and Chrysler Building on left

            Posted June 2, 2020

              Laura Nyro plays South Street Seaport May 1990, Pier 16

              Posted June 2, 2020

                Lanes, 25 Maiden Lane

                Posted June 2, 2020

                  Lanes franks 1998, 25 Maiden Lane

                  Posted June 2, 2020

                    Lane Theater, 168 New Dorp Lane, Staten Island

                    Posted June 2, 2020

                      Kismet Jewelry, 299 Broadway

                      Posted June 2, 2020

                        Juniors with truck, 386 Flatbush Ave Extension, Brooklyn

                        Posted June 2, 2020

                          Juniors sign, 386 Flatbush Ave Extension, Brooklyn

                          Posted June 2, 2020

                            Sandwich Genie 69 New Street downtown NYC

                            Posted June 2, 2020

                              Riding the bus up Madison Avenue looking north from 56th Street

                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                Reade Shoe Findings 110 Duane Street

                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                  Ralph’s, 95 Chambers Street

                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                    Plaza Hotel

                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                      Plaza Fountain

                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                        Peck Slip with Brooklyn Bridge in South Street Seaport, btw South and Front Streets

                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                          Park Luncheonette, 332 Driggs Avenue at Lorimer Street.

                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                            Paramount Building, 1501 Broadway between 43rd and 44th Streets, Times Square

                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                              Orchard Street just north of Hester Street looking north

                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                Open fire hydrant in summer in front of 112 East 4th Street, looking west

                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                  One Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza, 28 Liberty Street

                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                    Northern end Battery Park at waterfront with Pier A in background

                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                      Norma’s Restaurant in downtown NYC

                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                        Nathan’s 1310 Surf Avenue, Coney Island, early summer

                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                          Nathan’s 1310 Surf Ave., Coney Island

                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                            Nathaniel Fisher & Co. Clock, 146 Duane Street, Tribeca

                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                              moma Hanson sculpture

                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                ‘Manhattan Furrier,’ 685 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                  Madison Ave traffic at 57th Street, looking north,1980

                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                    Spaghetti Western Bar 59 Reade Street original sign

                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                      Sneaker City at 5 Beekman St, now the Beekman Hotel, formerly Temple Court

                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                        side of Duane Reade

                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                          shop window east village

                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                            Shop window East Village

                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                              Shop Window across from Alexander’s, 59th Street and 3rd Avenue

                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                Sherman’s Harlem, 2509 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd

                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                  Sherman Statue before golding, Grand Army Plaza, north side of 59th Street at 5th Avenue

                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                    Shadow of the Woolworth Building on the World Trade Center, with One Liberty Plaza to left

                                                                                    Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.

                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                      Sgt Peppers movie marquee Times Square

                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                        Washington Square Park after 9/11

                                                                                        Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.

                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                          Washington Square Park after 9/11

                                                                                          Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.

                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                            Union Square after 9/11

                                                                                            Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.

                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                              Union Square after 9/11

                                                                                              Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.

                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                Trapeze sculpture MOMA window

                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                  Trapeze at MOMA

                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                    Toy Tower, 6th Street, and Ave B community garden, SW corner

                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                      Tonys of Worth Street, 83 Worth Street, sign detail

                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                        Tonys of Worth St, 83 Worth Street

                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                          Ticket Booth near 12th and Bowery Street, Coney Island

                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                            ‘The Sweet Life,’ 63 Hester Street NE corner of Ludlow Street

                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                              ‘The Sweet Life,’ 63 Hester Street NE corner of Ludlow Street

                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                The Roches caroling in World Trade Center Lobby

                                                                                                                Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection….

                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                  The Beaten Path, 22 Warren Street

                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                    The Beaten Path 22 Warren Street

                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                      The Basket Shop, 21 Barclay Street

                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                        Tent and Trails original sign, 21 Park Place

                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                          Strawberry Fields in Central Park after George Harrison’s death

                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                            State Barber Shop, downtown NYC

                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                              Stage Door Deli and Ricci Euro Cut, 99 Maiden Lane

                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                Williamsburg diner interior. Park Luncheonette, 332 Driggs Avenue at Lorimer Street.

                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                  Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, early summer

                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                    Zirmo Firearms 8 Warren Street

                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                      ‘Yarns, Cordage, Twine, Ropes’ – 70 Thomas Street (south side between Church and West Broadway), Tribeca

                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                        World Trade Center Memorial

                                                                                                                                        Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.

                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                          Woolworth Building

                                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                            Wonder Thrills Spook-A-Rama, next to Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, early summer

                                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                              Window dressing across from Woolworths

                                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                Window dressing across from Alexander’s, 59th Street and 3rd Avenue

                                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                  William and S. William Italian Alps old restaurant in the back

                                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                    Whitney Museum window, 75th Street and Madison Ave with KODAK bus advertisement

                                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                      View southeast from ‘Top of the Rock,’ 30 Rockefeller Plaza, incl. Chrysler and Pan Am Bldgs, with East River, Brooklyn, and Queens in background

                                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                        View of the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and Williamsburg Bridge, East River, Lower Manhattan, and Brooklyn from the World Trade Center

                                                                                                                                                        Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.

                                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                          View from the Plaza Hotel looking north over Grand Army Plaza and Central Park, from 5th Avenue and 59th Street

                                                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                            View from Liberty Tower, 55 Liberty Street, looking west

                                                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                              Victoria Theater film set alley

                                                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                Vics Moonbeam Cocktail Lounge, 2160 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn

                                                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                  Valencia Bakery Brooklyn

                                                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                    US Electrical Supply Co, 55 Warren Street

                                                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                      United Palace Theater, 4140 Broadway

                                                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                        442-450 Sixth Avenue in Winter, with snow

                                                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                          1st Street btw 2nd Ave and Bowery looking NW, with vacant lot, now 305-311 Bowery

                                                                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                            Jones Diner at Great Jones and Lafayette

                                                                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                              Joe Jr.’s Coffee Shop, SE Corner 6 Ave and 12 St

                                                                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                Jersey St

                                                                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                  Jefferson Market, 450 Sixth Avenue

                                                                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

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

                                                                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                      H&H Fruit and Vegetables, 471 Sixth Avenue

                                                                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                        Ghost sign and Bric-a-Brac Sales at Bond at Lafayette Streets

                                                                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

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

                                                                                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

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

                                                                                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                              First St south side looking towards the Bowery

                                                                                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                Extra Place between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery

                                                                                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                  East Side of the Bowery north from 1st Street, including CBGB and (r. to l.) 305-361 Bowery and 200 East 5th Street

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bric-a-Brac sales and Ghost sign at Bond and Lafayette Streets

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Balducci’s, Sixth Ave east side north of 9th Street

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

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