A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Southeast corner of Greenwich Avenue and West 11th Street, New York City, May 7, 1914.
The collection consists of ca. 50,000 photographic prints accompanied by route maps. The New York City board of Rapid Transit, the Public Service Commission, and their successors photographedconstructionof thesubway, and its surface extensions in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. By systematically documenting the condition of buildings beforeconstructionbegan, they created an extensive survey of commercial and residential structures alongsubwayroutes and also provided glimpses of everyday street life. The Society's collection is strongest in views from 1900, whensubwayconstructionbegan, to 1920. The most heavily represented streets are Broadway and Lexington Avenue. Other photographs record underground tunneling, sewer reconstruction, pristine new stations, workmen, and such unexpected images as pool hall interiors. Most prints are identified by date, contract number, and location along asubwayroute. Despite the archive's size, the lack of some prints within assigned number ranges indicates that it is incomplete. A recent acquisition filled a gap of 80 views along Sixth Avenue in the 1930s.
Southeast corner of Greenwich Avenue and West 11th Street, New York City, May 7, 1914.
The collection consists of ca. 50,000 photographic prints accompanied by route maps. The New York City board of Rapid Transit, the Public Service Commission, and their successors photographedconstructionof thesubway, and its surface extensions in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. By systematically documenting the condition of buildings beforeconstructionbegan, they created an extensive survey of commercial and residential structures alongsubwayroutes and also provided glimpses of everyday street life. The Society's collection is strongest in views from 1900, whensubwayconstructionbegan, to 1920. The most heavily represented streets are Broadway and Lexington Avenue. Other photographs record underground tunneling, sewer reconstruction, pristine new stations, workmen, and such unexpected images as pool hall interiors. Most prints are identified by date, contract number, and location along asubwayroute. Despite the archive's size, the lack of some prints within assigned number ranges indicates that it is incomplete. A recent acquisition filled a gap of 80 views along Sixth Avenue in the 1930s.
Southeast corner of Greenwich Avenue and West 11th Street, New York City, May 7, 1914.
1914-01-01
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Electronic Resource
English
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Subway construction at 70 Greenwich Avenue, near 11th Street, New York City, May 3, 1918.
BASE | 1918
Southeast corner of W. 36th Street and Eighth Avenue, New York City, May 12, 1919.
| BASE | 1919
Southeast corner of Lexington Avenue and E. 51st Street, New York City, February 1, 1919.
| BASE | 1919
497 Greenwich Street, New York City
| British Library Online Contents | 2004