Manhattan: 6th Avenue - Christopher Street

Sixth Avenue, west side, at the convergence of Christopher Street and Greenwich Avenue, showing, a diner at the southerly apex, the new Detention House for Women at the northerly apex, both opposite the W. 8th Street "El" Station. The clock tower seen is
atop the Jefferson Market Court.
View No. 2 is northwestward from a Vantage point on the east side of the Avenue, near Waverly Place. In this instance the "E1" has been partially razed. Note the iron grille near the curbing. This is a ventilator shaft for the new subway which at this date
is under construction.
January 7, 1939.
View 2: February 1W, 1939.
P. L. Sperr
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A view similar to No. 2 several months later.
The Times of April 4, 1939 reports the renaming of
this. open area as 'Village Square" under local legislation introduced by Councilman Howard H. Spellman. This was
arrived at in a contest among villagers conducted by
the Sixth Avenue Association.
It was formerly known as "Jefferson Market Square"
and is at the intersection of Eighth Street, Christopher
Street, Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue.
May 13, 1939
P. L. Sperr