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Duane and Centre Streets
Duane and Centre Streets
Duane and Centre Streets

[Duane St, Manhattan: BRT Centre Street Loop]

Survey photograph of subway construction at Duane St, Manhattan on the BRT Centre Street Loop. The photograph shows a wooden structure with excavation hoists.

IMAGE DATE1909
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Man in the excavation cut for the BRT Centre Street Loop, July 22, 1909.

The Municipal Building, then under construction, is out of frame at right. Straight ahead is the Technical Press building at 236 William Street. That building has since been demolished; its site was near present-day One Police Plaza and the Brooklyn Bridge offramp toward FDR Drive.

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