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Lebanon Restaurant ca. 1936 The blocks on Washington Street between Rector Street and Battery Place formed “Little Syria,” settled in the 1880s by Middle Eastern immigrants. Many became successful merchants and moved to Brooklyn. In the 1930s, their upwardly mobile progeny returned to the old neighborhood for family gatherings and traditional cuisine. The Lebanon Restaurant, opened in 1920, featured shish kebab, baklava, and thick Turkish coffee. Abbott may have delighted in the mixture of traditional and modern elements: the window displays of Turkish coffee cups and RCA Victor records, and the juxtaposition of Arabic calligraphy with a poster advertising a seven-course blue-plate special for $5.00. In 1946, the neighborhood was demolished for construction of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
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Lebanon Restaurant (Syrian), 88 Washington Street, Manhattan. Photographed by Berenice Abbott, 1936. From the 1880s to 1940s, Manhattan’s Lower West Side was home to Little Syria, an enclave of storefront businesses and tenements occupied by immigrants of Levantine origin. At the time of Abbott’s photo, present-day Lebanon was part of the post-Ottoman French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (hence the parenthetical reference in Abbott’s caption). Shortly after this photo was taken, much of the neighborhood was cleared for the construction of the Manhattan entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, which broke ground in October 1940.
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33 Rector Street
Frisch Building, 33 Rector St.
The Lebanon Restaurant
Changing New York; Lebanon Restaurant Photographs, Prints & Drawings
56 West Street
Manhattan: Rector Street - West Street Rector Street, east from West Street. Also shown (right), is No. 55 West Street, at the S.E. corner of Rector Street, and bearing also Nos. 34-32 on the latter street. In the background, is seen the Rector Street station of the Ninth Ave. Elevated Line. The tall building under construction, is No. 1 Wall Street. May 7, 1936. '. L. Sperr.
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82 Washington Street
High-angle view of the Hudson River from Trinity Church spire, New York City, undated. Copy photograph.
82 Washington Street
Manhattan: high-angle view of buildings and docks along the Hudson River, looking north, undated. B.T. Babbitt Soap Company building, 82 Washington Street, at center.
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