Norman Mailer campaigning for Mayor, 1969, north side of Delancey Street between Orchard and Ludlow “New York as the 51st State”

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“Neglected Children” ghost sign on south wall of 381 Lafayette Street between Great Jones and 4th Street

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Mother and child standing on north side of East 4th Street, east of 2nd Avenue looking west. 93-105 East 4th and 91 East 4th visible on right. 84-60 East 4th visible on left

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Man pulling piano down street, St. Marks Place just west of 2nd Avenue

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Midtown Skyline photographed from 1st Avenue & 4th Street

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Man in Fez holding cigarettes roasting animals on spit on sidewalk; location unknown

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Man in abandoned building doorway, possibly 112 East 2nd Street

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Loew’s Avenue B Theater, 62-66 Avenue B, southwest corner of 5th Street; demolished in 1968.

Read more here.

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Lincoln Swados in front of 99 East 4th Street, north side of street between 2nd and 1st Avenues.

Read more about Lincoln Swados here.

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Latino Church procession marching south on 2nd Avenue, image from 2nd Avenue & 4th Street looking northwest with L-R: 69,71,73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87 2nd Avenue

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Jones Diner (demolished) SE corner Great Jones and Lafayette Streets

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John Cage, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, James White and the Blacks, the Cramps etc. (location unknown, probably East Village)

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Washington Square Arch Wrapped by Artist Francis Hines

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L-R: 82 & 80 2nd Avenue, East Side between 4th & 5th Streets

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Young boys and homeless men, East River waterfront, looking north, south of the Brooklyn Bridge (near Fulton Street, current site of the South Street Seaport’s Pier 16 & 17)

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Women in front of 83 2nd Avenue, west side between 4th & 5th Streets, 83-105 2nd Avenue visible including Rapoport’s Restaurant & The Village Theater, later the Fillmore East

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Woman with a parrot (location unknown)

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Window with flower pots, 329 East 5th Street, south side between 1st & 2nd Avenues

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William S. Burroughs (location unknown)

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West Broadway & Broome Street, looking east down Broome Street

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Washington Square Arch & George Washington Statue, from north side with graffiti

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Veselka, 144 2nd Avenue, southeast corner 9th Street, mural being painted on 9th Street

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Synagogue, 87 Attorney Street, west side north of Delancey Street (demolished in 1988)

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“Speculators Keep Out” side of 57 East 4th Street, north side east of Bowery, overlooking gas station now site of JASA Green Residence, 200 East 5th Street

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Stone face on abandoned tenement, East Village or Lower East Side, exact location unknown.

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South Street west side from Beekman Street left up towards Peck Slip, still extant

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S. Klein Department Store being demolished, northeast corner of 14th Street & Union Square East

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S. Klein Department Store being demolished, northeast corner of 14th Street & Union Square East

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Riders on a bus, location unknown

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Man reading newspaper on a couch on 2nd Avenue between 3rd & 4th Streets, looking northwest

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“President Nixon” Now More Than Ever” Benson Avenue & Bay 13th Street, Brooklyn

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South side of Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, looking east from Nostrand Avenue; 741 Myrtle Avenue (with Tetely’s Tea ghost sign) is center, tall structure in background left is 689 Myrtle Ave.

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L-R: 171, 169, 167, 165, 163, West 23rd Street, north side, east of 7th Avenue

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L-R: 159-153 Bowery, east side, north of Broome Street

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L-r: 131 & 133 2nd Avenue, west side north and south of St. Mark’s Place, with St. Mark’s Theater “Taxi Driver”

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L-R: 126 & 124 2nd Avenue, east side between St. Mark’s & 7th, with Orpheum Theater “Little Shop of Horrors”, show closed at this location in 1987.

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L-R: 113 Avenue A with “Raymon’s Candy” (now Ray’s Candy Store, est. 1974), 115 Avenue A, west side, north of 7th Street

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L-R: 99 & 101 2nd Avenue, west side, south of 6th Street, includes Schacht Appetizing & Block’s Drugs, with the since-demolished rear of Fillmore East 105 2nd Avenue visible at right

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L-R: 71, 73, 75, 77 2nd Avenue, west side between 4th & 5th Streets, with Hare Krishna procession

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L-R: 26, 28, 30, 32-34 East 2nd Street, north side, just west of 2nd Avenue

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East side of Norfolk Street between Broome and Grand Street as seen from Essex Street. Only the synagogue, which suffered a devastating fire in May 2017, was not demolished at this time for Seward Park Urban Renewal.

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L-R: 172, 174, 176 Delancy Street, north side between Attorney & Clinton Streets, next to the Williamsburg Bridge

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282, 284, 286 Grand Street, north side, between Forsyth & Eldridge Streets

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263 East 10th Street, north side between 1st Avenue & Avenue A

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251 Water Street, still extant

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179 Essex Street & 223-225 East Houston Street, southwest corner, “Provident Loan Society of New York”, “Houston Upholstery”

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144 2nd Avenue, southeast corner of 9th Street “Veselka” with cornice of 317 East 9th Street visible at left

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124 East 4th Street window, south side between 1st and 2nd Avenues, closer to 1st

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119 2nd Avenue aka 45 East 7th Street, northwest corner “Love Saves the day” destroyed by 2015 gas explosion

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(l. to r.) 90-98 Delancey Street, north side, between Orchard and Ludlow Streets

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56 Great Jones Street, north side between Bowery and Lafayette Streets.

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50-52 2nd Avenue, 2nd Avenue Storefront, southeast corner of 3rd Street “Fountain Service”

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36 St. Mark’s Place, south side, just west of 2nd Avenue, next to Gem Spa

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L-R: 27-1 Great Jones Street, south side, from west to east of Lafayette Street

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26 East 1st Street, north side, just west of 2nd Avenue

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15 St. Mark’s Place, south side between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, Paul McGregor Haircutters, where shag haircut was invented and was inspiration for film “Shampoo”, later BoyBar

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7th Avenue & 32nd Street facade of Penn Station, undergoing demolition

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7th Ave between 19th & 20th Streets looking east with Griffon Shears ghost sign on wall of 151 West 19th Street, between 6th and 7th, sign still visible today.

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6 Fulton Street, south side, near Front Street, still extant

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“Klinik.” 5 St. Mark’s Place, north side, east of 3rd Avenue

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L-R: 1-11 Bond Street, south side between Lafayette & Broadway

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L-R: St. Mark’s Church steeple, Met Life Building, Empire State Building, NY Life Insurance Co. building, as seen from the East Village 1st Avenue & 4th Street

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Eldridge Street Garden with Mr. Purple, 213-215 Eldridge Street

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“Drink Milk, Eat Milk” ghost sign on sidewall of 149-151 Elizabeth Street, as seen from Kenmare Street

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Downtown skyline & seaport as seen looking down Water Street from north of Peck Slip

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Delancey Street looking north on Orchard Street, with Cohen Fashion Opticals

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Corner of South & Dover Streets, looking east, with (l. to r.): 160 South Street, Municipal Building, Brooklyn Bridge Approach

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Corner of Prince and Greene Streets, with Pinking Shears ghost sign, now Apple Store, Louis Vuitton

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Colonnade Row,428-432 Lafayette Street, west side between Astor Place and West 4th Street

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Coca Cola ghost sign on west wall of 60 Grand Street, north side, east of West Broadway, as seen from West Broadway and Grand; sign is still somewhat visible today

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Chicken, vendors, and shoppers in front of 210 Canal Street, south side, at Walker Street

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Bocce Court at First Park, from 1st Street west of 1st Avenue looking southeast to south side of East Houston Street, east and west of Allen Street

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Building being demolished where 160 Water Street now stands, at Fletcher Street

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Delancey & Suffolk Streets, southwest corner, building awaiting demolition

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Artists on the street

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Alamo Sculpture, mural, vendors, & musicians in summer on Astor Place, looking south from 8th Street, between Lafayette Street and Cooper Square

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Alamo Sculpture with Flea Market, Astor Place to Cooper Square

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Accordion Player & Crowd, Washington Square Park

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638 East 6th Street, south side between Avenues B & C. Congregation Ahawath Yeshurun Shara Torah, now 6th Street Community Center. 640-642 & 636 East 6th Streets visible

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500 Broome Street, West Broadway side of building, northeast corner “I am the Best Artist” mural, by Rene, “Food Trading Corporation of America”

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432 Lafayette Street, Colonnade Row window, ceiling, and interior details

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307 East 9th Street (now Mud Coffee), north side east of 2nd Avenue

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Renwick Row, 26 West 10th Street, Image #1

26 West 10th Street is part of a row of ten Anglo Italianate row houses at #20-38 West 10th Street built in 1856 and attributed to architect James Renwick, Jr. This “terrace” of brownstone houses was built by James F.D. Lanier and his father-in-law James Winslow. It is believed to be one of only two surviving […]

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Renwick Row, 26 West 10th Street, Image #2

26 West 10th Street is part of a row of ten Anglo Italianate row houses at #20-38 West 10th Street built in 1856 and attributed to architect James Renwick, Jr. This “terrace” of brownstone houses was built by James F.D. Lanier and his father-in-law James Winslow. It is believed to be one of only two surviving […]

Posted June 2, 2020

Renwick Row, 26 West 10th Street, Image #3

26 West 10th Street is part of a row of ten Anglo Italianate row houses at #20-38 West 10th Street built in 1856 and attributed to architect James Renwick, Jr. This “terrace” of brownstone houses was built by James F.D. Lanier and his father-in-law James Winslow. It is believed to be one of only two surviving […]

Posted June 2, 2020

Renwick Row, 26 West 10th Street, Image #4

26 West 10th Street is part of a row of ten Anglo Italianate row houses at #20-38 West 10th Street built in 1856 and attributed to architect James Renwick, Jr. This “terrace” of brownstone houses was built by James F.D. Lanier and his father-in-law James Winslow. It is believed to be one of only two surviving […]

Posted June 2, 2020

Renwick Row, 26 West 10th Street, Image #5

26 West 10th Street is part of a row of ten Anglo Italianate row houses at #20-38 West 10th Street built in 1856 and attributed to architect James Renwick, Jr. This “terrace” of brownstone houses was built by James F.D. Lanier and his father-in-law James Winslow. It is believed to be one of only two surviving […]

Posted June 2, 2020

Renwick Row, 26 West 10th Street, Image #6

26 West 10th Street is part of a row of ten Anglo Italianate row houses at #20-38 West 10th Street built in 1856 and attributed to architect James Renwick, Jr. This “terrace” of brownstone houses was built by James F.D. Lanier and his father-in-law James Winslow. It is believed to be one of only two […]

Posted June 2, 2020

Renwick Row, 26 West 10th Street, Image #8

26 West 10th Street is part of a row of ten Anglo Italianate row houses at #20-38 West 10th Street built in 1856 and attributed to architect James Renwick, Jr. This “terrace” of brownstone houses was built by James F.D. Lanier and his father-in-law James Winslow. It is believed to be one of only two surviving […]

Posted June 2, 2020

Renwick Row, 26 West 10th Street, Image #7

26 West 10th Street is part of a row of ten Anglo Italianate row houses at #20-38 West 10th Street  built in 1856 and attributed to architect James Renwick, Jr. This “terrace” of brownstone houses was built by James F.D. Lanier and his father-in-law James Winslow. It is believed to be one of only two surviving […]

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Southeast Corner of West 13th Street and West Street

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10th Avenue & Little West 12th Street

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603 Greenwich Street at Clarkson Street

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820 Washington Street, looking west toward the current site of the Whitney. Demolished to make way for High Line entrance at Gansevoort Street.

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692 Greenwich Street between Christopher and West 10th Streets

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669-681 Hudson Street at 13th Street

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655 Washington Street between Christopher and West 10th Streets

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653 Washington Street between Christopher and West 10th Streets

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Tunnel Garage, 55 Thompson Street demolished 2006.

The Tunnel Garage was built in 1922 during the early automobile age, ushering in the engineering marvel of its time, the Holland Tunnel. GVSHP sought landmark designation for the building, but the City refused, and it was demolished in 2006. Click here to read about the history of the Tunnel Garage.

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Tunnel Garage, 55 Thompson Street demolished 2006.

The Tunnel Garage was built in 1922 during the early automobile age, ushering in the engineering marvel of its time, the Holland Tunnel. GVSHP sought landmark designation for the building, but the City refused, and it was demolished in 2006. Click here to read about the history of the Tunnel Garage.

Posted June 2, 2020