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1950,s Staten Island Ferry, Whitehall Street. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=284267529258452&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Staten Island Ferry, 1950's 

Gowanus Parkway. New York. 1940.

WII WAR BOND RALLY NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WALL STREET NYC USA (Photo by Charles Phelps Cushing/ClassicStock/Getty Images). 1942. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157491931758495&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, 1942 

Part of the test to become a painter on The Brooklyn Bridge NY,1926

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn bridge opens, 1883. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260226418329230&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Brooklyn bridge opens, 1883

Peck Slip & Water Street facing east 1970’s

Twins Towers 1986. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3137868169558123&set=g.602516993105206&type=1&theater&ifg=1   Photographer: Bill Puleston

Twins Towers, 1986

King Kong and the Twin Towers in 1977.
Rest in Peace. 
Photo by Paul Slade.

King Kong Twin Towers

Hester Street market in Lower Manhattan, NY, 1903

Hester Street Market 1903

Construction of Madison Square Garden  1966

CBGB, 70's.  Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=282856286066243&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

CBGB, 70's 

‏ 1978 Greenwich Village

Williamsburg Brooklyn
Posted by:  Hector Perez
late 70's

Williamsburg Brooklyn Late 70's

Washington Square Arch looking north circa 1940. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1514648222044286&set=g.602516993105206&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Washington Square, 1940

New York City 1966 Greenwich Village@ Washington Square Park. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2312608949040138&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Washington Square Park, 1966

Couple walking Down Jones street corner of West 4th Feb.1963. Bob Dylan with his friend Suze Rotolo 
 Photographer Don Hunstein



1963‏, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Flatiron Building , 1919.  Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=653471282116667&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

Flatiron Building , 1919

It’s really amazing living in flatiron and being able to see these historic pictures

St. Peter 's Church from the northeast; 1924. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157248108163862&set=g.1678133199124076&type=1&theater&ifg=1

St Peter 's Church, 1924

Credit: Martin Steinberg. Picture of his parents, 1955

Pitkin Ave & Herzl St Brooklyn, 1955

1930 

Cigarette Break

A worker relaxing during the construction of the Empire State Building, 1930.

The photo was by Louis Hine.

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