[Near 99 Park Row - IRT East Side Line, Manhattan, NY]
Near 99 Park Row, Manhattan, NY. View of Contract 1, Section 1 construction of the IRT East Side line. Showing wooden sidewalk, ramps and platforms, with construction workers at work in an open pit beneath the street. Trolley car #593 is visible traveling along the street. An elevated walkway passing above the street has a sign reading, "To the Bridge Promenade." The New York World Building - also called the Pulitzer Building - is visible in the background.
New York Transit MuseumConstruction for the IRT East Side Line near the intersection of Park Row and Centre Street, November 13, 1902.
The open pit, seen here, for subway construction, does its best to not disrupt the activity of this busy street. The trolley car #593 of the Metropolitan Street Railway still runs on the shored up roadway. The Old Hall of Records (at right) is likewise shored up and numerous elevated walkways and wooden sidewalks allow for movement over and around the construction.
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