Ha ha! Ever since that night Goggla shared the link, I've been searching like crazy as well! I live on Allen between Stanton & Rivington and am amazed how my area looked so long ago. :)
November 5, 2010 at 7:22 AM
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Look, it's also missing the ugliest garden in NY, that horrific fenced-in pit in the middle of that intersection. (I forget it's name, but I know it's named by the guy who donated the money, and that he named it after himself, which they then made a law against.)
@HippieChick Thanks, another afternoon wasted! But I think I have your answer: The steeple is actually St. Marks church (the photo was taken about 70 years before the Con Ed tower was built if the photo's 1856 date is right). The church-like building, near as I can tell, was the Tabernacle Baptist Church, at 162 to 166 2nd Ave (where the Urban Outfitters building is now). Here's a 1928 pic, and here's the demolition in 1929, and an 1896 article about a foreclosure on the property by John D. Rockefeller.
It's taken from the old Cooper Union building, looking at Stuyvesant Street to the east toward St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 1856.
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As Pinhead says: "Be sure to zoom the amazing detail, like the Ninth Street Bread N Cake Bakery at 172 E 9th (an address that doesn't exist anymore because of the NYU dorm)."
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Close this window Jump to comment formHa ha! Ever since that night Goggla shared the link, I've been searching like crazy as well! I live on Allen between Stanton & Rivington and am amazed how my area looked so long ago. :)
November 5, 2010 at 7:22 AM
Look, it's also missing the ugliest garden in NY, that horrific fenced-in pit in the middle of that intersection. (I forget it's name, but I know it's named by the guy who donated the money, and that he named it after himself, which they then made a law against.)
November 5, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Amazing headline. Truly.
November 5, 2010 at 10:07 AM
Extreme close-ups...
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November 5, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Great picture! What's that church-like building up on what looks to be 14th Street, next to (I think) the Con Ed tower?
November 5, 2010 at 2:06 PM
I've been trying to wean myself off the NYPL site this week, but thanks you you guys, no such luck! It's a wonder we haven't crashed their site yet.
November 5, 2010 at 2:17 PM
@HippieChick
Thanks, another afternoon wasted! But I think I have your answer: The steeple is actually St. Marks church (the photo was taken about 70 years before the Con Ed tower was built if the photo's 1856 date is right). The church-like building, near as I can tell, was the Tabernacle Baptist Church, at 162 to 166 2nd Ave (where the Urban Outfitters building is now). Here's a 1928 pic, and here's the demolition in 1929, and an 1896 article about a foreclosure on the property by John D. Rockefeller.
November 5, 2010 at 4:02 PM