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Greenwich Substation
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23 West 13th Street, c. 1994 Substation 235, located at 23 West 13th Street on at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Horatio Street. The structure was built in 1932 during the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line, a project that lasted from 1932 until 1940. A substation is fed power from a central station that is converted from high voltage alternating current (AC) into low voltage direct current (DC) to power the subway. This substation and others constructed for the IND line were the first to be non-manually operated. Greenwich Substation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 as a unique piece of New York City's transit history. The masonry structure's footprint, a chamfered rectangle, reflects the infill lot's geometric condition at this bustling intersection. The facade is adorned with limestone, brick, and aluminum; its loading dock doors are framed by Art Deco motifs and sunburst patterns, not uncommon of substations and telephone buildings of the era. The human-scaled entrance is decorated more modestly and located at the level of the sidewalk.
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Greenwich Substation
Greenwich Power Sub-Station at 13th Street and Greenwich: 8th Avenue Line (IND) Roll of negative documents conditions of the Greenwich Power Sub-Station for the Eighth Avenue Line (IND). Shows loading dock and door of sub-station, decor around door, brick walls, sidewalk, intersection of West 13th Street and Greenwich Avenue, billboard advertisement painted on one side and parking lot.
Greenwich Substation
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Greenwich Substation
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Greenwich Substation
\[IND Electrical Substation and 251 West 13th Street.] 251 West 13th Street was originally the Jackson Square Branch of the New York Free Circulating Library. It later became the Great Building Crack-Up and international headquarters of the First National Church of Exquisite Panic, Inc., when artist Robert Delford Brown moved there in 1970.
68 Eighth Avenue
Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 13th Street (West) Eighth Avenue, west side, from W. 13th to 14th Streets as photograghed from atop the apartment house, No. 2 Horatio Street. At the right is 14th Street with its two bank buildings. Clearly shown is the former New York County National Bank at the S. E. corner. This institution was absorbed by the present Manufacturers Trust Company. Partially seen is the New York Savings Bank at the N. W. corner. View 2 is the same locale, minus the aforementioned corner structures. March 16, 1933 February 14, 1933 P. L. Sperr
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Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 13th Street (West) Eighth Avenue, west side, from W. 13th to 14th Streets as photograghed from atop the apartment house, No. 2 Horatio Street. At the right is 14th Street with its two bank buildings. Clearly shown is the former New York County National Bank at the S. E. corner. This institution was absorbed by the present Manufacturers Trust Company. Partially seen is the New York Savings Bank at the N. W. corner. View 2 is the same locale, minus the aforementioned corner structures. March 16, 1933 February 14, 1933 P. L. Sperr
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