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112 Centre Street

[Centre Street: BRT Centre Street Loop]

Survey photograph of Centre Street, Manhattan on the BRT Centre Street Loop. The photograph shows bracing supporting the corner of a building in preparation of subway construction. There is a sign in the corner shop that reads "Business going on as usual."

IMAGE DATE1909
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Workers install bracing ahead of excavation for the construction of the BRT Centre Street Loop, October 8, 1909.

This building, No. 112 Centre Street, stood at the northeast corner of Centre and Franklin Streets. All the buildings on this block were razed in the 1930s in preparation for the construction of the Manhattan Criminal Court building at 100 Centre Street.

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