ORIGINS HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
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Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges
Bridge towers, Brooklyn waterfront streets and views across to Lower Manhattan.
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Central Park
Bethesda Fountain, Bow Bridge and the paths around the Lake.
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Chelsea
The Chelsea Hotel, the Grand Opera House and the apartment blocks of West Chelsea.
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City Hall and Civic Center
City Hall Park, the former post office and the Municipal Building.
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East Village and Alphabet City
Avenue C, Avenue D and the former animal hospital on the Lower East Side.
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Ellis Island
The immigration station, its main hall and the view back to Manhattan.
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Fifth Avenue and Midtown
The New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, St Patrick’s Cathedral and the Midtown street grid.
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Flatiron and Madison Square
The Flatiron Building, Madison Square and the streets around the old Madison Square Garden.
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Greenwich Village
Washington Square Arch, Greenwich House and the houses on Grove Street.
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Herald Square and Penn Station
Macy’s, Greeley Square and the original Pennsylvania Station.
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Hudson River Waterfront
The West Street ferry terminals, Washington Market and the waterfront warehouses.
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Liberty Island
The Statue of Liberty from the water, the air and Fort Wood.
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Lower East Side and Chinatown
Henry Street tenements, Mott Street, Doyers Street and Chatham Square.
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New York Harbor
Manhattan seen from the ferries, Governors Island and above the harbour.
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SoHo and Little Italy
Broadway at Broome Street, the Bowery and the shops around Mulberry Street.
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South Street Seaport
East River piers, the Downtown Skyport and Fulton Fish Market.
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Times Square
Broadway, Seventh Avenue and the changing billboards at their intersection.
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Union Square and Gramercy
Union Square, Irving Place and the elevated lines around 14th Street.
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Upper East and West Sides
First Avenue at 61st and 62nd streets and the Dakota on Central Park West.
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Upper Manhattan and Riverside Drive
Riverside Drive monuments, Grant’s Tomb and the elevated railway at 110th Street.
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Wall Street and the Battery
Wall Street, Broad Street, Bowling Green and the southern tip of Manhattan.
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Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge approach at South Eighth and Berry streets.
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World Trade Center and Radio Row
Radio shops on Cortlandt Street and the view along Dey Street.
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