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Then-and-Now Challenge: Columbus Circle image

Then-and-Now Challenge: Columbus Circle
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Are you ready for a closeup? Try your hand at re-creating these historic photos at Columbus Circle! This challenge is only available to our iOS app users. If you don't yet have the Urban Archive App, download it here. Each location in this challenge has an address and a historic image tied to it. Check-in at each location by tapping the lock icon to the left of the clue. If you’re in the right place, it will turn green. Your challenge today is to take as many then-and-now photos as you can. Tap the image, and then the recreate button to line up the historical image with your present-day view. Once you're happy with your photo, hit save to add it to your camera roll. Please share these photos with team@urbanarchive.nyc once you've completed the challenge. Happy snapping!

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Columbus Monument image

Columbus Monument

Erecting the statue of Columbus, Columbus Circle, New York City, October 12, 1892.
Columbus Monument image

Columbus Monument

\[Columbus Circle, 59th Street: IRT West Side / Seventh Avenue Line] View north from Columbus Circle, 59th Street, Manhattan on the IRT West Side / Seventh Avenue Line. Broadway is on the left; Central Park West, to the right.
Columbus Monument image

Columbus Monument

Columbus Statue Col. Cir.
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Columbus Monument

\["Columbus" statue in the middle of Columbus Circle.]
Columbus Monument image

Columbus Monument

Manhattan: Columbus Circle - Intersection - Broadway - 8th Avenue - Central Park West - 59th Street (West). Base of Columbus Monument, in the Center of Columbus Circle, at the intersection of Broadway, Eighth Ave, Central Park West and West 59th Street. Foreground shows work in progress for the I.R.T. Subway. About 1901. William B. Parsons Collection.
Columbus Monument image

Columbus Monument

Manhattan: Columbus Circle - Intersection - Broadway - 8th Avenue - Central Park West - 59th Street (West). Columbus Monument, in the centre of Columbus Circle, at the intersection of Broadway, Eighth Ave, Central Park West and West 59th Street. Foreground shows work in progress for the I.R.T. Subway. About 1901. William B. Parsons Collection.
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