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The Origins of Window Shopping in New York City
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The time-honored tradition of window shopping truly comes alive during the holiday season, when retailers pull out all of the stops to make their window displays ever more eye-catching, festive and uplifting. Countless visitors and New Yorkers alike participate in this yearly ritual, which has its roots in the Gilded Age. That era of rapid economic growth and industrialization, which began in the 1870s and lasted until around 1900, generated the building technology that made window shopping in the city possible.
Ninth and Sixth Avenue Elevated Lines
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The Ninth and Sixth Avenue Elevated trains, constructed in the second half of the 19th century, were built as an answer to the city's growing congestion problem. By the 1940s the Els were outdated and inefficient in comparison to the newly constructed modern subways. Between 1939 and 1958 (largely though in 1939 and 1940) the massive steel structures were dismantled piece by piece.
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23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
6th Ave & 23rd St. Entrance staircases for the elevated subway station at 6th Avenue and West 23rd Street. Pedestrians and several street vendors, including a man with a newspaper stand, are shown, as well as people descending and ascending the subway station stairs.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 23rd Street North on Sixth Avenue from 23rd Street station of Sixth Avenue "L". January 29, 1928. P.L. Sperr, Photographew.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street. View looking north from bridge, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street. View looking south from bridge, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street. View looking south from middle of southbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street. View looking north from northbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, February 4, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street. View looking up from the east side of Sixth Avenue, March 8, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, March 8, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, February 4, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, March 8, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street. View looking east from in front of 114 West 23rd Street, February 4, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, February 4, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, March 8, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, March 8, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, February 4, 1939.
23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 23rd Street, February 4, 1939.
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