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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 By the 1940s the Els were outdated and inefficient in comparison to the newly constructed modern subways.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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50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at W. 50th Street Station, April 8, 1913.
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West) South on Sixth Avenue from roof between 50th and 51st Street. September 14, 1931. P.L.Sperr,Photographer.
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street. View looking south from middle of southbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street. Crowd watching demolition, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street. Crowd watching demolition, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street. View from the northeast corner, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street. View looking north from north end of northbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street. View looking east, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street. View from the northeast corner, March 19, 1939.
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, January 9, 1939.
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street. Man cutting girders with a torch, January 9, 1939.
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - W. 50th Street. Sixth Avenue, at West 50th Street, showing the tracks and the uptown station of the "El", prior to demolition. These photographs are taken from the downtown platform and feature the opposite side. Buildings forming the background are on the east side of this thoroughfare and extend northward. The Radio City Music Hall is in the R.K.O. Building which occupies the 50th-51st Street frontage. View No.2 shows a train of wooden cars making its last run uptown. March, 1939 Views: 1-2 Wm. Herries
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, January 9, 1939.
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - W. 50th Street. Sixth Avenue, at West 50th Street, showing the tracks and the uptown station of the "El", prior to demolition. These photographs are taken from the downtown platform and feature the opposite side. Buildings forming the background are on the east side of this thoroughfare and extend northward. The Radio City Music Hall is in the R.K.O. Building which occupies the 50th-51st Street frontage. View No.2 shows a train of wooden cars making its last run uptown. Views: 1-2 Wm. Herries
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West) Sixth Avenue, at W. 50th Strect, showing the no:thbound "gl" platform extension; a result of the construction of Rochefeller Center. The photo;rapher is at the N.E. corner and is viewing westward. The buildings ahown are at the N .W. corner. Aarch, 1939 Wm. Herries
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, March 19, 1939.
50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 50th Street, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
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