488broadway

Broadway near Broome Street, Manhattan.

from New York Public Library

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• Lú_ said:

  I had no idea there were vegetarian restaurants in the '30s!

• howdylem said:

  This picture is looking west on Broome (from near Crosby toward Broadway), not looking down Broadway.
  
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• Michael Daddino said:

  From left to right, the main buildings visible are:
  
  435 Broome Street (William A. Potter, 1873)
  
  Mechanics & Traders National Bank Building a.k.a. 437-441 Broome Street/486 Broadway (Lamb & Rich, 1882-1883)
  
  443-449 Broome Street a.k.a. 487 Broadway/60 Mercer Street (John T. Williams, 1895-1896): Former New York headquarters for Banco Di Sicilia.
  
  E.V. Haughwout Building a.k.a. 488-492 Broadway/440 Broome Street (John P. Gaynor/Daniel D. Badger, 1856-1857): One of the most famous cast-iron buildings in the world. Former location of E.V. Haughwout & Co., a dry-goods company that supplied china to the Pierce and Lincoln presidencies, and the world's first passenger elevator.
  
  438 Broome Street (E. Kilpatrick, 1885)
  
  (Primary Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, SoHo--Cast Iron Historic District Designation Report)

• Eugene Gannon said:

  

• Eugene Gannon said:

  Here's a view of the other side and forty years later.