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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 By the 1940s the Els were outdated and inefficient in comparison to the newly constructed modern subways.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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33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El station, Manhattan, on Broadway between 32nd and 33rd Streets, December 1881.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El station, Manhattan, on Broadway between 32nd and 33rd Streets, \[December 1881?].
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, Dec. 4, 1889. View looking north from Sixth Avenue at 32nd Street.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. View looking south from middle of southbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Men at work, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Man using a cutting torch, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Greeley Square demolition, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. View looking north from northbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 32nd Street (West) Sixth Avenue, west side, north from West 32nd Street. At this date the old "El" line has been demolished though the southbound station remains. This is at 33rd Street and provides an entrance to the two department stores here, Gimbels and Saks, through an enclosed bridgeway. After the amicable adjustment by these stores, the Hudson Tube officials, the City and the "El" line authorities, the station will be removed. Beyond same appears the dominant Herald Square Building. View 1: March 29, 1939 View 2: April 5, 1939 P. L. Sperr
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. The last of the El standing, April 14, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 19, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Removal of the last EL girder, April 14, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 19, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Greeley Square demolition, April 14, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings View looking (April 14, 1939)
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Last of the El still standing, March 22, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 19, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 19, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. View from the west side of Sixth Avenue, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Greeley Square demolition, April 14, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 9, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 13, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Greeley Square demolition, April 14, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 19, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Removal of the last EL girder, April 14, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 32nd Street (West) Sixth Avenue, west side, north from West 32nd Street. At this date the old "El" line has been demolished though the southbound station remains. This is at 33rd Street and provides an entrance to the two department stores here, Gimbels and Saks, through an enclosed bridgeway. After the amicable adjustment by these stores, the Hudson Tube officials, the City and the "El" line authorities, the station will be removed. Beyond same appears the dominant Herald Square Building. View 1: March 29, 1939 View 2: April 5, 1939 P. L. Sperr
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street. Greeley Square demolition, April 14, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street, March 19, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 33rd Street Station and surroundings, March 8, 1939.
33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Manhattan: view looking north up Broadway from around 32nd Street, showing Herald Square, Saks, and the elevated railroad station, undated.
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