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A Drive Along the West Side
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Take a drive up the West Side! This story guides us along the path of the West Side Highway. Following the western shoreline of Manhattan is the West Side Highway. In history, it has passed the World Trade Center, various warehouses and slaughterhouses for livestock received on piers in the Hudson, and Moses' famous failure, the West Side Elevated Highway. Since the 19th century, the West Side Highway has been a vital part of the city's system of roadways.

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500 West 14th Street

Manhattan: 13th Street - 10th Avenue At the intersection of Tenth (right), and Eleventh (left) Aves., at West 13th Street, and looking northward. The 3-story house at the apex, is known as the Strand Hotel, and bears Nos. 2-4 Eleventh Ave., as well as No. 500 West 14th Street. Beyond that, is seen, the National Biscuit Co. plant at West 15th extending to 16th Streets, and facing on both Aves. Two bridges connect the main plant with a new annex, through which pass the elevated tracks of the New York Central R.R. March 31, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (2) Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, looking North from their junction at Little West 12th Street. April 2nd, 1929.
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