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West 40th Street Branch, NYPL
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West 40th Street Carnegie Library Branch, 1914. Completed in 1913 (relatively late for a Manhattan Carnegie) the West 40th Street Branch was designed by Cook & Welch. The architects had designed a number of other Carnegie libraries, including the Seward Park Branch. The neighborhood that surrounds is drastically different from when the building was constructed. Once flanked by four and five-story tenements, today the building is surrounded by the ramps and infrastructure of the Lincoln Tunnel, constructed in the mid 1930s. The library was decommissioned at some point in the late 20th century and was attached to a newer structure that was part of Covenant House, a charity that combats teenage homelessness. In 2020, the library was demolished to make way for redevelopment of the block.
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West 40th Street Branch, NYPL
457 West 40th Street. New York Public Library, Carnegie Library.
West 40th Street Branch, NYPL
457 West 40th Street. N.Y. Public Library
520 Tenth Avenue
520 Tenth Ave. New York City. Front Wall. West Exterior. View Looking East. Camera Near Center of Tenth Ave. 12:23 PM
520 Tenth Avenue
520 Tenth Ave. New York City. Front West Exterior View Looking Along Defective Wall & Showing Bulge. Camera Near Curb at N.E. Corner 39th St & Tenth Ave 12:14 PM
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Manhattan: 39th Street (West) - 10th Avenue West 39th Street, north side, east from Tenth Avenue, showing vacant lots and tenement interspersed. The church structure at No. 451 is a renovated 4 story 'building and is occupied by the Church of St. George (Greek Orthodox). Overhead an aviator is advertising for a popular Fifth Avenue fur house. M.J. Fox & Co.' No. 2 shows details of this view. The McGraw-Hill Bldg. appears across the roof of the Church in same. Pe. 10, 1938. P. L. Sperr,
457 West 39th Street
Manhattan: 39th Street - 10th Avenue 457, 455 West 39th Street, adjoining the N.E. corner of Tenth Avenue. March 18, 1935. P. L. Sperr.
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Manhattan: 39th Street (West) - 10th Avenue (1) 459-443 West 39th Street, adjoining N.E. corner of Tenth Avenue, seen across the clearing from 38th Street. No. 45l is a new Greek Orthodox Church, St. George. May 11, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (2) Showing a closer view of St. George Greek Orthodox Church at No. 451. August 31, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) A view showing Nos. 447, 451 and 455 left after extensive demolition. December 10, 1937. . Sperr. No REPRODucTIoNS.
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Manhattan: 39th Street (West) - 10th Avenue West 39th Street, north side, east from Tenth Avenue, showing vacant lots and tenement interspersed. The church structure at No. 451 is a renovated 4 story 'building and is occupied by the Church of St. George (Greek Orthodox). Overhead an aviator is advertising for a popular Fifth Avenue fur house. M.J. Fox & Co.' No. 2 shows details of this view. The McGraw-Hill Bldg. appears across the roof of the Church in same. Pe. 10, 1938. P. L. Sperr,
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Manhattan: 39th Street (West) - 10th Avenue (1) 459-443 West 39th Street, adjoining N.E. corner of Tenth Avenue, seen across the clearing from 38th Street. No. 45l is a new Greek Orthodox Church, St. George. May 11, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (2) Showing a closer view of St. George Greek Orthodox Church at No. 451. August 31, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) A view showing Nos. 447, 451 and 455 left after extensive demolition. December 10, 1937. . Sperr. No REPRODucTIoNS.
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Manhattan: 39th Street (West) - 10th Avenue (1) 459-443 West 39th Street, adjoining N.E. corner of Tenth Avenue, seen across the clearing from 38th Street. No. 45l is a new Greek Orthodox Church, St. George. May 11, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (2) Showing a closer view of St. George Greek Orthodox Church at No. 451. August 31, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) A view showing Nos. 447, 451 and 455 left after extensive demolition. December 10, 1937. . Sperr. No REPRODucTIoNS.
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