[Astor Place and Lafayette Street - IRT East Side Line, Manhattan, NY]

Astor Place and Lafayette Street, Manhattan, NY. Contract 1 excavation of the street during construction of the IRT East Side line in the vicinity of the Astor Place Station. Westward view from inside the excavation site, showing children playing in the excavated pit with rubble, pipe segments and metal baskets also inside. Also showing wooden scaffolding above the pit and a series of brick archways below street level.