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[4th Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets, IRT East Side Line, Manhattan, NY]

4th Avenue between 8th and 9th streets, Manhattan, NY. Survey photograph of the street during construction of the IRT East Side line. View of buildings, multiple horse-drawn carts with wooden wheels, and a wooden barrier stopping people from entering the excavation site.

IMAGE DATE1902
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Buildings on the west side of Fourth Avenue, below 9th Street, during construction of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, December 10, 1902.

The buildings were razed the next year, when construction began on 770 Broadway, the massive, full-block annex to the original Wanamaker department store.

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