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Then-and-Now Challenge: Columbus Circle
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Are you ready for a closeup? Try your hand at re-creating these historic photos at Columbus Circle! This challenge is only available to our iOS app users. If you don't yet have the Urban Archive App, download it here. Each location in this challenge has an address and a historic image tied to it. Check-in at each location by tapping the lock icon to the left of the clue. If you’re in the right place, it will turn green. Your challenge today is to take as many then-and-now photos as you can. Tap the image, and then the recreate button to line up the historical image with your present-day view. Once you're happy with your photo, hit save to add it to your camera roll. Please share these photos with team@urbanarchive.nyc once you've completed the challenge. Happy snapping!
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Circle Theatre
Grand Circle, New York City, showing storefronts for J. Schlesinger, carpenter; and John McCarthy, wines and liquors, circa 1900.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre. The stage of the Circle Theatre at Broadway and 60th Street; people on stage, no audience.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre. A large sitting room at the Circle Theatre at Broadway and 60th Street.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre. Man seated at a desk in a private office in the Circle Theatre at Broadway and 60th Street.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre. The empty Circle Theatre viewed from the stage at Broadway and 60th Street.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre. Looking from the stage of the empty house seats at Circle Theatre.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre. Looking toward the stage of the Circle Theatre at Broadway and 60th Street; people on stage, no audience.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre. The empty Circle Theatre viewed from the stage at Broadway and 60th Street.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre.
Circle Theatre
Circle Theatre. Large sitting/reception room at the Circle Theatre at Broadway and 60th Street; chairs, plants and paintings visible.
303-311 West 59th Street
West 59th Street Looking East from Between Eighth & Ninth Aves. 1903. 59th St.; several large buildings on the north side of the street include the Mineola Boarding Stable, Columbus Cirlce is visible in the background, streetcar is running along tracks on cobblestone street.
Circle Theatre
Theatre, Circle, Broadway & 60th Street. The Circle Theatre at Broadway and 60th Street; signs and billboards advertise "All Star Vaudeville".
1819 Broadway
1819 Broadway. Former Gotham National Bank
1819 Broadway
1819 Broadway at the N.W. corner of 59th Street. Formerly Gotham National Bank.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior, Entrance to Bank from Inside.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior, Elevator Corridor.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th St. & Columbus Circle, Interior of Bank looking Northeast from South West Corner.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th St. & Columbus Circle, Interior, the Open Door of Safe.
1819 Broadway
Columbus Circle, looking northwest from the southeast corner of Broadway at Eighth Avenue, 1921.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior, Foreign Department of Bank.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior, Main Corridor.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior of Bank from Mezzanine Floor Showing Bank Floor.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior, Entrance to Bank from Corridor.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior, Safe Deposit Vaults, Inside of Vault.
16 West 60th Street
\#16 West 60 St. N.Y.C. \[The Laidlaw Co. building.]
Gotham National Bank Building
Gotham Nat. Bank, 59th St. at Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle
West 59th Street and Columbus Circle, New York City, 1928.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Columbus Circle. Columbus Circle showing the skyscraper which houses the Manufacturers Trust Company. In the midground is a streetcar, and also the monument to Columbus. Billboards adorn many of the buildings.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Columbus Circle. Columbus Circle. The Manufacturers Trust Company Building, the Texaco Building and other skyscrapers are visible. There are billboards advertising Wrigley's chewing gum and General Motors, amongst other products.
Manufacturers Trust Company Building
Columbus Circle. Columbus Circle shows the skyscraper which houses the Manufacturers Trust Company. Many cars are on the street. Billboards advertise Camel cigarettes, Coca-Cola and other products.
1819 Broadway
1819 Broadway. Manufacturers Trust Company. Entrance
10 Columbus Circle
\[New York Coliseum, 10 Columbus Circle.] Demolished in 2000 for the Time Warner Center.
10 Columbus Circle
West side of Broadway and W. 60th Street, N.Y.
333 West 58th Street
Manhattan: 58th Street (West) - 8th Avenue 333-335 West 58th Street, north side, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. 1912\.
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