West 3rd Street is shown on the right with the small building and the Coca Cola sign. View of west side of Bway, looking south from Great Jones Street, and West 3rd Street. See how this stretch has changed over 90 years later. This shot includes the lower floors of the Cable Building at the corner of Broadway and Houston Street, part of the NoHo Historic District and, no doubt, a future Building Broadway feature! You can also catch the buildings of SoHo in the background they now form part of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. More trolleys and automobiles for all of you transportation lovers out there. West side of Bway looking south from near Bleecker toward Houston Street. That charming two-story building at the corner sadly didn’t make it. This section is included in the NoHo Historic District, which was designated in 1999. Here’s a great photo showing an era when trolley service ran up and down Broadway. Ligget’s Drugstore on the near corner at left. View of west side of Bway looking north from Bleecker Street. See how this stretch of Broadway has changed over 90 years later. A particular favorite in this photo is the young man who is riding the delivery truck at the lower left-hand corner. Dry Goods store, captured at the end of the row and across the intersection, still exists today. Life sure was bustling on on this stretch of Broadway north of 10th Street. Denis Hotel is seen at corner of 11th Street. Picture was taken from Wanamaker’s fire escape. View of west side of Broadway, looking north from 10th Street. This photo also features the side of a recent Building Broadway favorite, 808 Broadway, which now houses a costume shop and apartments. The complex is a city, state, and national landmark and you can read more about its history on our Resources page. If you ever wondered what the beautiful Grace Church and Rectory looked like on March 9, 1920, you’re in luck. East side of Broadway, showing entrance to Grace Church. For today’s Building Broadway post, I’d like to share a wonderful gift that was left to all of us almost 100 years ago: Arthur Hosking’s photographs of Broadway taken in the spring of 1920.Īll photographs and captions in this post are courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York‘s online collection. The city was blanketed with snow this weekend and shoppers are frantically working through their holiday gift-giving lists. Here we are in the midst of the holiday season.
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