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(1913) Supreme Court Justice Seabury yesterday morning sentenced ex-Patrolman John J. Hartigan, the confidential messenger of ex-Inspector Sweeney to an indeterminate term at hard labor in Sing Sing of not less than two and one-half and not more than three query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950CEFD9103CE633A...

This is the corner of Lafayette Street and White Street in New York City. I can tell because building on the far right is the Engine Company 31 Firehouse (Napoleon Le Brun & Sons, 1895). I have a current photo of it; it looks nearly the same except for some roofing detail, but a photo of the same corner from 1907 (scroll all the way down) shows the detailing intact. Another bit of evidence: the street address for the firehouse is 87-91 Lafayette Street, while the signage on the corner building shows the number "84" (backwards), which is presumably part of its street address. Additionally, according to Google Maps, the tall building in the middle with the arched windows at the top is still standing--it's at Lafayette and Walker, a block away. I'm going to guess that Hartigan was rushing over to the New York State Supreme Court building (as per Mr. Angstrom above) a few blocks down south.

breathtaking! I can't stop analyzing every corner

350 Lafayette Street (between Bond and Bleecker), opened March 1914. Photo taken from east side of Lafayette Street between Bleecker Street and Jones Alley, looking north. NY Times article from March 15 of that year about the new hospital (PDF format) current Google Street View

More Bain/LOC photos of the hospital of the New York Women's League for Animals: Veterinarian with a canine patient:

I started an entry in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_of_the_New_York_Women's_Le...

The architects were E. H James and A. W. Cordes per the Times article linked above.

wonderful photo.

At left is a sign for the [Thomas A.?] "Fairbanks Company" whose New York City offices were at the corner of Lafayette & Broome streets. The tall buidling in the distance is 225 Lafayette St. Streetiew: goo.gl/maps/hT691m9gjjDzRdSz5 Geotag: 40.720992, -73.998271

In the NY Times of March 19, 1922: "500 HEALTH HIKERS GET HYLAN SEND-OFF Mayor, Dr. Copeland and Other Officials Watch Start From City Hall. MANY FALL OUT ON WAY Others Join Marchers, With Central Park as Goal—Woman Heads for Albany. There were probably a thousand persons crowded in front of the City Hall yesterday afternoon when the first of a series of health hikes under the leadership of Captain Godfrey Rodrigues, a physical instructor, of Holland, started. .... At least 500 followed the instructor across the park and into Lafayette Street."

According to The New York herald. [volume], March 19, 1922, Page 3, col. 2, only 52 people took part in the hike (instead of 300'000) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1922-03-19/ed-...

Thanks for detective work! I love that we'll be able to add subject, date and specific location information to the summary when we update the record.