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Woolworth Building

Posted June 2, 2020

    244 to 252 (l. to r.) Water Street, west side just south of Peck Slip (since demolished)

    Posted June 2, 2020

      Somewhere in the Financial District (location unknown)

      Posted June 2, 2020

        Seaport area, location unknown

        Posted June 2, 2020

          KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

          Posted June 2, 2020

            Gold & Beekman Streets southwest corner (buildings demolished)

            Posted June 2, 2020

              Finan. Dist demo, from north of Water and Fletcher Streets, with 80 Maiden Lane (left, circ windows, extant) & 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza Triangular Building demolished for Louise Nevelson Plaza

              Posted June 2, 2020

                160 South Street, southwest corner of Dover Street, with Brooklyn Bridge approach (still extant)

                Posted June 2, 2020

                  45 Peck Slip at South Street, northeast corner, the Jasper Ward House (still extant)

                  Posted June 2, 2020

                    20-22 Peck Slip, southeast corner Water Street (still extant)

                    Posted June 2, 2020

                      West side of 9th Avenue, between 21st and 22nd Streets with ghost sign

                      Posted June 2, 2020

                        West side of 9th Avenue, between 21st and 22nd Streets, with wall sign

                        Posted June 2, 2020

                          Peter McManus Bar, 152 7th Avenue, northwest corner of 19th Street

                          Posted June 2, 2020

                            8th Avenue looking north from 30th Street to Winston Cigarette sign at 34th Street

                            Posted June 2, 2020

                              Looking north from Astor Place between Cooper Square & Lafayette, with Alamo and flea market, 4th Avenue from Astor Place to 12th Street, and Con Edison headquarters

                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                Cooper Union, midtown skyline from Cooper Square, and (right)25 thru 77 Cooper Square, as seen from Cooper Square and 5th Street

                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                  Cooper Union Foundation Building, south side of Astor Place between Lafayette and Cooper Square

                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                    Carl Fischer Sign & Clock, Carl Fischer Building., 56-62 Cooper Square, west side, just south of Astor Place

                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                      Astor Place flea market alongside Cooper Union Foundation Building (3)

                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                        Astor Place flea market alongside Cooper Union Foundation Building (2)

                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                          Washington Square Park Fountain

                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                            University Place & 10th Street, from southwest corner, looking south, summer

                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                              South side of 14th Street from (L-R) east of 4th Avenue to Broadway

                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                From northeast corner of 6th Avenue & 8th Street, looking southwest

                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                  Detail, Washington Square Arch wrapped by artist Francis Hines

                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                    5th Avenue & 8th Street in summer from southwest corner, looking east

                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                      Storefront at 48 East 7th Street, south side, just east of 2nd Avenue

                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                        Stoop and storefront of 31 St. Mark’s Place, with 29 St. Mark’s Place at right; north side of block between 2nd & 3rd

                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                          “Rear view” (Manhattan; location unknown)

                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                            Paul McGregor’s Haircutters at 15 St. Mark’s Place in summer, south side between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, with 17, 19, 21 St. Mark’s visible to right and 20 & 22 St. Mark’s visible in mirror

                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                              Lot on 1st Street, north side, just east of the Bowery. The side walls of 313-315 Bowery (CBGB), in front, and 317 Bowery, behind, are visible

                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                Ground floor 9 St. Mark’s Place, south side between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, with 11 St. Mark’s visible to the right

                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                  Two men and a woman on the stoop of 11 Cranberry Street, Brooklyn Heights

                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                    Fire escapes, location unknown

                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                      East Wall of PS 63, 121 East 3rd Street, north side between Avenue A & 1st Avenue

                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                        Dojo’s Restaurant, 24 St. Mark’s Place, south side between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, with 26 (left) and 22 (right) visible

                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                          Cherubs on 215 East 10th Street, north side between 1st & 2nd Avenues

                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                            133 2nd Avenue, northwest corner of St. Mark’s Place, former St. Mark’s Movie House (Big Chill, My Favorite Year, Citizen Kane), with 135-137 Avenue visible (right)

                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                              36 St. Marks Place, southwest corner of 2nd Avenue, including Gem Spa

                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                L-R: 34 & 32 St. Mark’s Place, south side between 2nd & 3rd Avenues

                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                  Seward Park bench

                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                    Orchard Street. Exact location unknown.

                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                      North side of Delancey Street between Orchard & Ludlow

                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                        Norman Mailer campaigning for Mayor on Delancey Street between Ludlow and Essex, north side

                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                          Northeast corner of Orchard and Delancey Street, looking north up east side of Orchard

                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                            Flowers for sale on the north side of Stanton Street east and west of Ludlow Street, (L-R) 100 and 108 Stanton Street visible

                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                              First Shearith Israel Graveyard. St. James Place between Oliver and James Streets, east side, Chinatown (2)

                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                First Shearith Israel Graveyard. St. James Place between Oliver and James Streets, east side, Chinatown

                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                  East side of Orchard Street, south of Houston Street

                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                    East side of Allen Street, looking north from between Stanton and Rivington

                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                      ‘Drink Milk’ and ‘Gre-Solvent’ ghost signs on north sidewall of 149-151 Elizabeth Street, as seen from Kenmare Street

                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                        Dresses on Orchard Street, looking north from 131 Orchard Street

                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                          Delancey Street, north side, between Orchard and Ludlow Streets

                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                            Delancey and Essex Streets, looking north

                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                              Attorney Street & the Lower East Side, north of Delancey Street, as seen from the Williamsburg Bridge; most of the buildings on Attorney Street, including the synagogue, have been demolished

                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                210 & 212 Delancey Street, at Pitt Street, as seen from the Williamsburg Bridge

                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                  173 Orchard Street, just north of Stanton Street

                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                    166 Allen Street, east side, south of Stanton Street

                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                      113-115-117 Elizabeth Street, west side between Broome & Grand, Little Italy

                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                        Washington Square Park Fountain (2)

                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                          Kosher Deli. Exact location unknown.

                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                            Hare Krishna Temple, 61 2nd Avenue, west side, between 2nd & 3rd Streets

                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                              Woman on stoop with dogs 58 St. Mark’s Place (1st/2nd Avenues, south side)

                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                Looking south towards Crosby & Bleecker Streets from corner of Lafayette and Jones Alley

                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                  Graffiti, likely one of artist Richard Hambleton’s “Shadowman” figures, Cooper Union Hewitt Building (demolished), corner of 7th Street & Taras Schevchenko Place, looking west towards Cooper Union Foundation Building

                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                    361 West Broadway, east side of street, just south of Watts Street (extant)

                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                      Williamsburg bridge pedestrian path

                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                        Seward Park

                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                          Seward Park, with intersection of Essex and Hester Streets at left

                                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                            Seward Park walkway

                                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                              6th Street and Avenue B garden, southwest corner sculpture

                                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                View west/northwest from 1st Avenue & 5th Street, including northwest quarter of East Village, Central Village, Midtown South; facades of 309-345 East 5th Street visible

                                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                  View west from 4th Street & 1st Avenue

                                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                    View of rooftops on either side of East 3rd Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues

                                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                      View northwest from 1st Avenue & 5th Street, with Midtown skyline, including facades of 339-347 East 5th Street, 83-85 & 87 1st Avenue

                                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                        View north from Williamsburg Bridge at Ridge Street, including Midtown skyline

                                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                          View looking west/southwest across Manhattan from 1st Avenue & 4th Street, with East Village, South Village, Central Village

                                                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                            View from 1st Avenue & 4th Street looking northwest, including west side of 1st Avenue north of 4th Street and south side of 5th Street west of 1st Avenue (67-75 1st Avenue, 303-341 East 5th Street)

                                                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                              Rooftops of buildings on 5th Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues, facades of (R-L) 321-323 (9th Pct.), 325, 327, 329, 331, 333, 335, 337, 339, 341 E 5 visiblle, north side of block

                                                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                Painted ghost sign: Apartments, 245 West 45th Street, north side between 8th & Broadway, with ‘Novotel’ behind it

                                                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                  Ludlow, Day & Co. Real Estate ghost sign on side of 54 West 31st Street, as seen from parking lot on southwest corner of 31st & Broadway, with 875 6th Avenue, northwest corner of 31st Street, behind

                                                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                    East and Central Village, as viewed looking east from 1st Avenue and 4th Street

                                                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                      Bellevue ghost sign, 28th Street and 1st Avenue

                                                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                        Academy of Music faded ghost sign, 14th Street & Irving Place

                                                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                          “The protesters” (Manhattan; location unknown)

                                                                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                            Stanley’s Coffee Shop. 14 Avenue A.

                                                                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                              Phone booth at night across from the Beverly Hotel, north side of East 50th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue

                                                                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                Phone booth and 67 West 14th Street behind, corner of 6th Avenue

                                                                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                  Kosher deli. Exact location unknown.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                    Kosher Deli. Exact location unknown.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                      View northwest from 4th Street and 1st Avenue with East Village, Greenwich Village, Union Square & Midtown visible

                                                                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                        View directly west along 4th Street from 1st Avenue with East Village and Greenwich Village visible

                                                                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                          Grace Church, east side of Broadway between 10th and 11th Streets

                                                                                                                                                                                          Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                            Essex Street Market entrance, 120 Essex Street, between Delancey and Rivington

                                                                                                                                                                                            Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                              Colonnade Row, 430-432 Lafayette Street detail

                                                                                                                                                                                              Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                432 Lafayette Street, Colonnade Row interior window detail

                                                                                                                                                                                                Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                  432 Lafayette Street, Colonnade Row interior ceiling detail

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                    432 Lafayette Street, Colonnade Row fireplace

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                      432 Lafayette Street, Colonnade Row ceiling

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Posted June 2, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                        432 Lafayette Street, Colonnade Row interior pilaster

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Posted June 2, 2020

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