Crushed and abandoned car, Greenwich Village waterfront, looking north and west towards the Hudson River
Photographed near Bethune Street
Crushed and abandoned car along the Greenwich Village waterfront, looking south
Photographed near Bethune Street
Greenwich Village piers with the World Trade Center in the distance and elevated Miller (West Side) Highway (demolished)
Taken around West 11th Street, just west of West Street. Read more here about the West Side Highway after its collapse at Gansevoort Street and its closure in 1973. Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Abandoned Greenwich Village piers and abandoned building
Around West 11th Street just west of West Street, along the water.
Greenwich Village pier, Hudson River with World Trade Center in the background
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Greenwich Village piers with the World Trade Center in the distance and elevated Miller (West Side) Highway (demolished)
Taken around West 11th Street, just west of West Street. Read more here about the West Side Highway after its collapse at Gansevoort Street and its closure in 1973. Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Abandoned Greenwich Village piers and abandoned building
Around West 11th Street just west of West Street, along the water.
Studio portrait of Don Alonzo Cushman
Ruth Cushman was the granddaughter of Don Alonzo Cushman (1792-1875), the developer behind the elegant Greek Revival rowhouses on West 20th Street known as Cushman Row (1839-40), which you can see here and here. Don Alonzo Cushman launched D.A. Cushman Realty Corp in the 1850s and played a large role in developing the Chelsea neighborhood, […]
Ruth E. Cushman
This portrait photograph of Ruth E. Cushman (1892-1965), from the Cushman family collection, was taken by Ruth’s sister, Margaret. Ruth lived at 325 West 22nd Street in Chelsea. Ruth and Margaret were granddaughters of 19th-century real estate developer Don Alonzo Cushman (see here). Don, the first in his family to enter the real estate business, […]
Troops marching in a parade up Fifth Avenue from about 62nd Street, looking south
The Plaza Hotel is visible behind the trees at left.
Horse-drawn snow plow in Washington Square Park
1 Fifth Avenue (built 1931) is visible in the background.
Rear of St. Paul’s (1766) Cemetery at Church and Fulton Street, looking southwest across the street
Visible in the background are the Hudson Terminal Buildings at 30-50 Church Street, which were demolished to make way for the World Trade Center and are approximately where the Santiago Calatrava-designed Oculus now stands.
Looking northeast from the front of St. Paul’s Chapel at Broadway and Fulton Streets
St. Paul’s Chapel (1766 – the oldest surviving church structure in Manhattan) at Broadway and Fulton Streets, with the Municipal Building (1913) and 40 Centre Street (1936) in the background.
Corner of West 28th Street and 9th Avenue
Entrance to Church of the Holy Apostles (1845-1848) is visible at left.
Jefferson Theater, 212 E. 14th Street between 2nd & 3rd Aves. Demolished in 2000.
Click here to read about the history of the Jefferson Theater.
Jade Mountain Restaurant, 197 2nd Avenue between 12th & 13th Street
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Graffiti on Washington Square Park Arch with World Trade Center in background
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Jade Mountain Restaurant, 197 2nd Avenue between 12th & 13th Street
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96 St Marks Place between Avenue A & 1st Ave
The building used on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti and in the Rolling Stones’ video for “Waiting on a Friend”. Read more on GVSHP’s blog.
Meredith, West Side. Charles and West Street. World Trade Center in background.
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
World Trade Center
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Club 57. 57 St. Marks Place
Click here to read more about Club 57.
Variety Theater, 110-112 Third Avenue
Built in 1897, the Variety Theater served as a nickelodeon starting in 1914, and was believed to be New York’s last surviving former nickelodeon house when it was demolished in 2005. It served as a respected Off Broadway theater for many years, and was made notorious its inclusion in the movie ‘Taxi Driver.’ Click here […]
Union Square After 9/11
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Union Square After 9/11
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Union Square After 9/11
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
First Communion portrait of two boys
Taken at Demaria studio, 217-219 Bleecker Street
Mr. and Mrs. F. Rocca’s wedding portrait
Inscribed to Father Antonio Demo, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei. For more information about Father Antonio Demo, visit http://gvshp.org/blog/2012/03/09/whats-in-a-name-father-demo-square/
Portrait of Luigi Raybaut
Luigi Raybaut directed Our Lady of Pompei’s Passion Plays and took the role of Judas in them from 1923 to about 1931. Inscribed to Our Lady of Pompei’s pastor, Antonio Demo. Schlattman Foto studio.
Christian Brother, possibly Eliphus Victor I
Taken at Wendel Studio, 13 Avenue A. The Christian Brothers ran an educational institution (now Manhattan College) on Second Avenue.
Fathers Riccardo Lorenzoni, Antonio Demo, Carlo Delbecchi and Bartolomeo Marenghino (aka Marenchino)
The pastoral staff of Our Lady of Pompei. Taken at Bostwick, a photo studio at 98 Sixth Avenue. For more information about Father Antonio Demo, visit http://gvshp.org/blog/2012/03/09/whats-in-a-name-father-demo-square/
Father Antonio Demo, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei, and twenty members of one of the parish’s women’s organizations
For more information about Father Demo, visit http://gvshp.org/blog/2012/03/09/whats-in-a-name-father-demo-square/
