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Coenties Slip
Coenties Slip
Changing New York; Shelter on the Waterfront, Coenties Slip
Group of men in front of the caretaker for the Pier 5 shack with (from left to right) the Farmers Trust Building, 60 Wall Street and 120 Wall Street in the distance.
IMAGE DATE1938
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Museum of the City of New York
Museum of the City of New YorkCoenties Slip, Shack of the caretaker for Pier 5, May 3, 1938.
Coenties Slip, in the18th century was an artificial inlet in the East River. The inlet was filled in in 1835 and became a short street (only two blocks). Pier 5 was one of the city piers at the end of the Slip on the waterfront. In 2006 the section of Coenties Slip closed to the waterfront, previously a traffic island, was converted into a small park with a bluestone sitting area with benches, plantings, and a formal central plaza.
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Urban Archive
Urban Archive