34th Street (north side) from just east of Ninth Avenue.

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

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 the large, red sign for the New Yorker.

Digital 34th Street

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

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2010

Jeanette O'Keefe

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34th Street (North side) East of Ninth Avenue

Eagle with bas relief shield, William Sloane House, Y.M.C.A.

Eagles--New York (State)--New York.

Sculpture--New York (State)--New York.

William Sloane House (New York, N.Y.)

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

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. programs seek to build.

Digital 34th Street

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Not applicable.

2010

Jeanette O'Keefe

Copyright Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center. All rights reserved. Use prohibited without written permission.

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360 West 34th Street (Southeast corner of 34th Street and Ninth Avenue) above the doorways

William Sloane House, Y.M.C.A.

William Sloane House (New York, N.Y.)

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

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 World War I and of the National War Work Council of the YMCA. This building on West 34th Street was the largest YMCA residential program in the city of New York. Designed by New York architects Cross and Cross, the William Sloane house opened with 1,595 rooms, but remodeling and changes in programs eventually reduced the rooms to 1,400. By the 1940s, changing demographics forced the William Sloane to refocus. As the number of servicemen needing housing dwindled, women and girls could stay in the building, and the William Sloane began providing long-term accommodations to college students and welfare recipients. After a fire in 1974 that killed four people and several attempts at fundraising in the 1980s, the William Sloane closed in 1993. The building was eventually purchased for five million dollars and remodeled, becoming the 360 West 34th Street, a building of affordable rental apartments for young professionals new to New York.

Digital 34th Street

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Not applicable.

2010

Jeanette O'Keefe

Copyright Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center. All rights reserved. Use prohibited without written permission.

Digital images

360 West 34th Street (Southeast corner of 34th Street and Ninth Avenue)