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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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New York Public Library, 40th Street
The corner of Fifth Avenue and 41st Street, looking west on 41st Street, just prior to the construction of the main branch of the New York Public Library, New York City, 1902. Emulsion damage.
New York Public Library, 40th Street
New York Public Library, rear view from W. 42nd Street and Bryant Park, New York City, 1911.
New York Public Library, 40th Street
New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue from 40th Street to 42nd Street, New York City, 1911.
New York Public Library, 40th Street
New York Public Library, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, New York City, 1911.
New York Public Library, 40th Street
New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue from 40th Street to 42nd Street, New York City, 1911.
West 40th Street Branch, NYPL
457 West 40th Street. New York Public Library, Carnegie Library.
New York Public Library, 40th Street
New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue, view looking south from 42nd Street, New York City, 1923. (Roege 9396)
West 40th Street Branch, NYPL
457 West 40th Street. N.Y. Public Library
New York Public Library, 40th Street
Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 10th Avenue West 40th Street, east from and including Tenth Ave. Note the West 40th Street Branch of the New York Public Library (No. 457 West 40th Street), adjoining the N.E. corner of Tenth Ave. July 21, 1934. P. L. Sperr.
New York Public Library, 40th Street
42nd Street as Seen from 6th Ave. Looking East, New York City.
New York Public Library, 40th Street
457 West 40th Street
New York Public Library, 40th Street
42nd Street, East of 6th Avenue, New York. Primary subject: Bryant Park Secondary subject: Library
546 Tenth Avenue
Manhattan: 10th Avenue - 41st Street (West) Tenth Ave., east side, north from (No. 546) a point slightly south of West 41st Street. The gas station partially seen in the foreground is at the S.E. corner of this point. December 10, 1937. P. L. Sperr.
New York Public Library, 40th Street
42nd Street from 5th Avenue Looking West to Broadway, New York Primary subject: Forty Second Street Secondary subject: Salmon Tower
New York Public Library, 40th Street
42nd Street Looking East from Sixth Ave. New York Primary subject: Library Secondary subject: Chrysler Building in Distance
New York Public Library, 40th Street
42nd Street as Seen from 6th Ave. Looking East, New York City. Primary subject: Library Secondary subject: Chrysler Building in Distance
New York Public Library, 40th Street
42nd Street Looking East from 6th Avenue, New York Primary subject: Library Secondary subject: Chrysler Building in Distance
New York Public Library, 40th Street
42nd Street Looking East from 6th Ave, New York Primary subject: Library Secondary subject: Chrysler Building in Distance
New York Public Library, 40th Street
Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 10th Avenue West 40th Street, north side, from Dyer to Tenth Avenue's, showing various tenements and a branch of the New York Public Library. September 4, 1940 No's. 1-2-3 P. L. Sperr
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