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3-5 Corlears Street
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3-5 Corlears Street, March 4, 1937. This building at the corner of Corlears and Monroe Streets housed trolley cars. In 1956, the building was demolished for the development of the Corlears Hook Houses. Corlears Hook was the name for the part of the Van Corlears bowerie (farm) in Dutch times that jutted out into the East River.
684 Water Street
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Children at play on Water Street and Jackson Street across from Corlears Hook Park, 1938. These buildings would soon be demolished ahead of the construction of the Vladek Houses, a New York City Housing Authority development. Construction on the Vladek houses, named for NYCHA board member Baruch Charney Vladeck, stated in September, 1939 and was completed in November, 1940.
527 Grand Street
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At the intersection of Grand (right) and Henry (left) at Columbia Streets. The frame structure shown directly at the apex, is A.N. Gilbert's Drug Store. The Spire shown on the left, is that of All Saints Free Church (Episcopal), April 1929.
550 Grand Street
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546-556 Grand Street, 1932. No. 550 is the three-story, wood-frame building with a brick front at center. Between 1914 and 1920, the (later) infamous mobster Meyer Lansky lived with his parents in two different apartments on this block. In 1914 they moved into a third floor apartment at 546 Grand Street (at left) and in 1917 they moved a few doors down into an apartment at no. 552 (just to the right of the short building).
From Abandoned Tuberculosis Hospital to Supportive Housing
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621 Water Street is a red-brick Renaissance style building that originally served as Gouverner Hospital. Constructed in stages beginning in 1897, it features unusual curved walls intended to help prevent the accumulation of dirt and germs, and wrap around balconies that provided access to fresh air for tuberculosis patients. The building became outdated and was abandoned in the 1960s. It remained vacant and under threat of demolition until 1991, when it was then purchased and rehabilitated by non-profit Community Access thanks to support from HPD. In 1994, it re-opened as Gouverneur Court, an affordable assisted living residence that continues to serve over 120 vulnerable New Yorkers! These photos from 1991 and 1993 by HPD photographer Larry Racioppo capture it before and during renovation.
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East River Ampitheatre
Manhattan 42, East River Park, Band Shell & Auditorium & Stage, Montgomery St. & E. 12th St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
470 Cherry Street
468-470 Cherry Street, New York City, March 17, 1916. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.
East River Park Fire Boat House
Municipal Civil Service Commission. Promotion of fireman to fireman-engineer, practical test. Grand Street and East River. 1915.
East River Park Fire Boat House
Municipal Civil Service Commission. Promotion of fireman to fireman-engineer, practical test. Grand Street and East River. 1915. (Probably Floating Engine Company 66)
605 Grand Street
Changing New York; Grand Street, nos. 605-609 Between East and Monroe Streets.
684 Water Street
Children Playing on the Sidewalk; One Third of a Nation
3-5 Corlears Street
Changing New York; Corlears Street, nos. 3-5 Corner of Corlears and Monroe Streets.
DeLara Cigar Factory
Building, DeLara Cigar factory, 382 South Street. DeLara Cigar factory at 382 South Street; sign advertising building for sale visible.
Corlear's Hook Park
The Short Tail Gang (Corlears Hook) Pier at foot of Jackson Street, now Corlears Hook Park. Photographed from the Police Boat.
Corlear's Hook Park
Manhattan: Jackson Street - Water Street Corlears Hook Park: Children tilling their gardens in the northwest corner of same. Buildings shown are on the west side of Jackson Street, between Water (left) and Cherry (right) Streets. Summer 1923. P. L. Sperr.
Corlear's Hook Park
Colored lithographic print of a street scene at the corner of Water Street and Jackson Street. Two men are walking in opposite directions past a three-story house that has a slated roof and three chimneys. Two boys are playing together on the sidewalk near this house. In the background a two-story house with the skeleton of a wooden awning is visible at the corner.
Jackson Street Ferry Landing
View of Jackson Ferry Landing under construction at Jackson Street and East River; several men at work depicted in foreground. Ferry Hotel visible in background as well as ferry building with sign "To Hudson Av. Brooklyn" visible at right; Jackson Ferry house visible in right side foreground.
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Piers 46-50, East River
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Piers 46-50, East River, New York City, undated (ca. November 1916).
Lewis Street and Grand Street
Lewis Street - Grand Street, northwest corner
148 Delancey Street
Office window of Dr. S. A. Klein at 148 Delancey Street, New York.
Lewis Street and Grand Street
Sign for insurance at 3 & 5 Lewis Street, New York.
565 Grand Street
Exterior view of Corlears Hook \[View of the intersection of Madison Street and Grand Street, featuring storefronts and pedestrians on the sidewalks.]
545 Grand Street
Exterior view of Seward Park \[View of the intersection of Jackson Street and Grand Street, with a high-rise in the background.]
545 Grand Street
Housing Redevelopment Board 255 to 260 Exterior views of Seward Park \[Seward Park area; negs A\&P show intersection of Jackson Street and Grand Street.]
Public School 12
Manhattan: Madison Street - Jackson Street 379,Madison Street, north side and north west corner of Jackson Street, showing P.S. 12. Board of Education, N.Y.C. AEd 2870
Public School 12
Manhattan: Madison Street - Jackson Street 379 Madison Street, north side and northwest corner of Jackson Street, showing P.S. 12. 1920 Board of Education, New York City Neg: 2870
6 Mangin Street
Mangin Street #6, looking northeast
6 Mangin Street
6 Mangin St. New York City. Front Room. Third Floor. View Looking West Toward Front of House 12:54 PM
6 Mangin Street
6 Mangin Street. New York. Rear Facing East. View Looking N.W. from Roof of Garage in Behind 12:22 PM
6 Mangin Street
6 Mangin Street. New York City. Second Floor. Rear Room. View Looking North from Entrance Door at Stair Hall 12:46 PM
15 Goerck Street
Sign for children's activities at Lavenberg House at 15 Goerck Street, New York.
15 Goerck Street
Lavenberg Foundation Apartments at 15 Goerck Street, New York.
Lewis Street and Broome Street
Theater advertisements at the corner of Broome and Lewis Streets, New York.
Lewis Street and Broome Street
Advertisement for Jewish radio programs at Lewis and Broome Streets, New York.
10 Columbia Street
Club sign at 10 Columbia Street, New York.
550 Grand Street
527 Grand Street
Gouverneur Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital, Tuberculosis Clinic.
Gouverneur Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital.
Gouverneur Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital, Tuberculosis Clinic.
Gouverneur Hospital
Manhattan 40, Gouverneur Hospital, 621 Water St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Gouverneur Hospital
Manhattan 41, Nurse's Home, Gouverneur Hospital, 322 E. Riverside Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Gouverneur Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital.
Gouverneur Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital, Waiting Room. Photographs, Prints & Drawings
Gouverneur Hospital
Public School 110
Manhattan: Cannon Street - Broome Street 28 Cannon Street, north east corner and Broome Street showing P.S. 110. Board of Education, N.Y.C.
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