Elevated Railroad, 2nd Avenue and 34th Street.

Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York.

Carriages and carts--New York (State)--New York--19th century.

Transportation--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Second Avenue (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Opened in 1880, the 2nd Avenue elevated ("El") train had a stop at 34th Street. There are people walking on the sidewalks and crossing between the train lines. Carts are parked along the curbs and under the elevated tracks.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

Indelible Photographs (New York: A. Wittemann, c. 1891)

1891

Copyright 1891 by A. Witteman

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Photographs

Intersection of 34th Street and Second Avenue

Rail yards and elevated section of 11th Avenue, looking north from 29th Street

Railroad trains--New York (State)--New York.

Railroad yards--New York (State)--New York.

Transportation--New York (State)--New York.

Automobiles--New York (State)--New York.

Streets--New York (State)--New York.

Print depicting the rail yards on the west side of Manhattan during the construction of the elevated part of 11th Avenue through and above them. There is a three paragraph news clipping pasted on the verso which is entitled: "Traffic Tangle In 11th Ave. to End Tomorrow - Elevated Sections at Yards of N.Y. Central to Take Autos to Separate Level".

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

Herald Tribune, December 20, 1940.

1940

Unknown

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Photographs

Eleventh Avenue and 29th Street

West Side Improvement.

Railroad yards--New York (State)--New York.

Transportation--New York (State)--New York.

Railroad trains.

Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York.

Conditions which will be eliminated by construction under new financial program. View at 11th Avenue and 32nd Street showing northbound freight train emerging from the New York Central West Side Yard, as a southbound train is entering same.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

Unknown

1934

Unknown

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Photographs

Eleventh Avenue and 32nd Street