Tunnel connecting New Yorker Hotel to Pennsylvania Station.
Old tunnel connecting the hotel to Pennsylvania Station. Now used for storage in the hotel.
View ArticleChurch of St. Michael.
The original church building was on West 32nd Street. In 1906, construction of the Pennsylvania Station Rail Road Yard required that the church be moved to West 34th Street.
View ArticleWilliam Sloane House, Y.M.C.A.
Founded in 1930 to provide cheap housing for members of the Armed Forces, the William Sloane House was named after William Sloane (1873-1922), chair of the Army and Navy International Committee through...
View ArticleEagle with bas relief shield, William Sloane House, Y.M.C.A.
This is one of the two eagles that adorn the tops of the doorways of the old William Sloane House. The eagle's shield are the words, "Spirit, Mind, Body," those elements of people that Y.M.C.A....
View Article34th Street (North side) from just east of Ninth Avenue.
This view of 34th Street is looking east. A woman and her two children are walking on the sidewalk as traffic speeds along the street. The Empire State Building can be seen in the distance as well as...
View ArticleSubway construction for the 7 Line.
The southeast corner of 36th Street and Eleventh Avenue shows the construction of the 7 subway line, which will eventually run to the Jacob K. Javitts Convention Center on the West Side. Midtown...
View ArticleJavits Center.
The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is on the West Side of Manhattan. The Center is currently undergoing an expansion project that should be completed by the fall of 2013. Eleventh Avenue traffic is...
View ArticleView of the railroad tracks on the West Side.
This area is currently closed off as a construction site. A wooden wall blocks the view of the railroad tracks.
View ArticleTenement building.
This is one of the last tenement buildings left. Originally built to house New York’s poor, tenement buildings covered the West Side and other parts of the city. This building is next to an abandoned...
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