Flashback: Growing Manhattan, 1916
16 photos
<p>"Metropolitan Museum of Art façade on Fifth Avenue in New York City. A large classic structure with columns adorning the main entrance. Two cars are parked along the museum's circular drive and pedestrians can be seen on the street."</p>
<p>"Exterior view of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue at Fortieth Street in New York City. View of the library and surrounding buildings, streets full of pedestrians, cars, trolley cars, and horse and carriages."</p>
<p>"Old wooden house with dormer windows and shutters on Bleecker Street in New York City. A sign over the door reads 'Delicatessen.' Two men are working at produce stand next door."</p>
<p>"Detail of old houses on Downing Street in New York City (numbers 50 and 54). Both houses have dormer windows; one house is set back with a front porch and balcony."</p>
<p>"Brick row houses on West Tenth Street in New York City. Three houses with three and four floors, chimneys; tow with stone stoops and iron railings."</p>
<p>"Madison Avenue south from Thirty-first Street in New York City. Tall buildings line both sides of the street. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks and a horse and cart in the street. The Metropolitan Building can be seen in the background."</p>
<p>"Overhead view of Saint Paul's Chapel and cemetery, and surrounding city buildings including (from left to right) the corner of the Woolworth Building and tops of City Hall, World Building, and Park Row Building."</p>
<p>"View of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and Saint Luke's Hospital (background) on Amsterdam Avenue in New York. The gardens of the church are in the foreground."</p>
<p>"Mansion residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt from the corner of Fifth Avenue and 58th Street in New York City. Cars can be seen and a policeman guiding pedestrians across the street."</p>
<p>"Panoramic view of Broadway and City Hall Park south from Chambers Street in New York City. The park on the left and city buildings on the right, including the Woolworth Building, borders Broadway. In the street are trolleys, cars, horse and carriages, and pedestrians."</p>
<p>"View of Broadway up from Bowling Green. Tall city buildings surrounding a public park in Lower Manhattan. Trolley lines and trolleys can be seen in the street. Pedestrians are in the park, sidewalks and on the street. A statue of a seated figure can also be seen in the park."</p>
<p>"Broad Street, north from Exchange Place in New York City, lined with tall buildings and skyscrapers. A crowd can be seen in the street outside the New York Stock Exchange. Pedestrians line the sidewalks, cars and horse and carriages are also in view."</p>
<p>"Pedestrian filled sidewalks near City Hall Park in New York City. Tall buildings and shops are in view and a statue of Nathan Hale on the left."</p>
<p>"Central Park West, north from Eighty-fifth Street showing wide tree-lined sidewalks bordered by Central Park and apartment buildings lining the opposite side of the street. Trolley lines, cars, and horse and carts can be seen on the street, and pedestrians on the sidewalks"</p>
<p>"View of Twenty-third Street in New York City lined with shops and tall buildings. Sidewalks are filled with pedestrians, and trolleys, trolley lines, and horse and carriages can be seen in the street."</p>
<p>"Columbia University: Athletic Field, Library, Lecture Halls. New York City, 1916."</p>