Here’s What Manhattan looked like in the 1960s

#1 View of Pier 26 on West Side, Manhattan, 1965

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#2 View Along a Path in Bryant Park, Manhattan, 1967

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#3 View of Man Walking by the Old West Side Highway on Manhattan’s West Side, 1965

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#4 Small Independently Owned Shops and Employment Agencies Line 6th Avenue near 42nd Street, Manhattan, 1969

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#5 A man holding an umbrella looks down into the pit of the future site of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in the Fall of 1968

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#6 Construction of WTC Towers One & Two near St. Paul’s Chapel, gravestones lining Church Street with cranes in the background, Manhattan, 1968

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#7 Cars Parked Under Old Westside Highway on West Side, Manhattan, 1965

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#8 View of Pier 26 on West Side, Manhattan, 1965

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#9 A View of People During Rush Hour on 51st St and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, 1965.

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#10 A View of the Fulton Fish Market in South Street Seaport, Lower Manhattan, 1965.

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#11 A View of Reading Railroad Box Cars in Upper Manhattan’s, 1965.

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#12 A View of Box Cars on Manhattan’s West Side, 1965.

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#13 View of the Entrance to the Bowling Green IRT Subway Station in Battery Park, Manhattan, 1968.

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#14 Lower Manhattan Skyline Viewed from the Staten Island Ferry, Manhattan, 1963

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#15 View of a Woman Crossing the Intersection of 5th Avenue and East 59th Street, Manhattan, 1968

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#16 Activists Anne Koedt and Carol Hanisch Hold a Banner During a ‘Legalize Abortion’ Demonstration in Times Square, Manhattan, 1968

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#17 Temple No. 7 Restaurant Attached to the Nation of Islam Temple, Harlem, Manhattan, 1961

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#18 Activists Hold Signs That Read ‘Legalize Abortion’ in Front of the Atlas Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, 1968

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#19 Performances by Billy Eckstine Revue, Quincy Jones and Others Advertised at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, Manhattan, 1964

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#20 Nighttime View of Street and Pedestrian Traffic in Times Square, Manhattan, 1963

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#21 People Gather Around the South Face of the Washington Arch in Washington Square Park, Lower Manhattan, 1965

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#22 Nighttime View of Crowd Lined Up Outside the Apollo Theater, Manhattan, 1961

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#23 Cars Parked and Buses Pass 125 Street in Harlem, Manhattan, 1964

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#24 View of Times Square at Dusk, Manhattan, 1969

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#25 Poor People’s Campaign 1968 March Along East 116th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan, 1968

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#26 Vehicles and Pedestrians Create Gridlock on Seventh Avenue in Times Square, Manhattan, 1963

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#27 Large Crowds Gather Outside the Paris Movie Theater to See Romeo and Juliet, Manhattan, 1969

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#28 Picketers Outside Woolworth Store in Harlem, Manhattan

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#29 View Along Cortlandt Street at the Church Street Intersection, Manhattan, 1968

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#30 Residents Hold a ‘Welcome to East Harlem’ Sign to Greet the Arriving Poor People’s Campaign March, Manhattan, 1968

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#31 Bookmasters Store Located Next to the Adult Movie Oriented Globe Theater in Midtown Manhattan, 1969

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#32 Noon Shoppers at 34th Street and Broadway, Manhattan, 1964

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#33 Employees of Bloomingdale’s Department Store Form a Picket Line, Manhattan

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#34 The Port Arthur Restaurant on Mott Street in Chinatown, Lower Manhattan, 1967

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#35 View of Lenox Avenue and 119th Street in Harlem, Manhattan, 1964

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#36 Pedestrians Outside the Hotel Theresa in Harlem, Manhattan, 1964

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#37 Two Men Watch the Demolition of a Building in Lower Manhattan, 1968

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#38 View of Two Men Talking on Canal Street in Chinatown, Manhattan, 1968

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#39 The Apollo Theater in Harlem with Otis Redding, Billy Stewart and the Marvelettes on the Marquee, Manhattan, 1967

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#40 Tour Operator Waits Under a Movie Theater Marquee in Times Square, Manhattan, 1967

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#41 A Store Prepares to Go Out of Business in Times Square, Manhattan, 1967

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#42 Two Teenage Girls Dressed in 1960s Fashion in Times Square, Manhattan, 1967

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#43 New York Stock Exchange at the Broad Street Entrance, Manhattan, 1966

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#44 Police Officer Directing Traffic in Times Square, Manhattan, 1964

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#45 Railroad Tracks Leading into Penn Station Blocked by Pan Am Building Construction, Manhattan, 1962

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#46 View of Little Italy, Broome St. Looking East of Mulberry St, Manhattan, 1967

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#47 Pedestrians Walking Past Criterion Theater Advertising ‘My Fair Lady’ in Times Square, Manhattan, 1966

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#48 Statue of George M. Cohan in Duffy Square, Broadway & West 46th Street, Times Square, Manhattan, 1966

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#49 Construction Workers Outside a Construction Site on Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, 1967

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#50 View of Pedestrians, Including a Man Carrying a Child, on 6th Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan, 1968

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#51 Two Construction Workers Leaning Against a Trash Can on Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, 1967

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#52 Man and Child in View of Tenement Buildings on East 9th Street, Manhattan, 1965

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#53 Flatiron Building on the Junction of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, Manhattan, 1965

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#54 Looking North up Mott Street in Chinatown, Lower Manhattan, 1967

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#55 Mayor John Lindsay Walking Down 5th Avenue During St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Manhattan, 1967

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#56 People Gathered at West 46th Street and 5th Avenue During St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Manhattan, 1962

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#57 People Gathered at Southwest Corner of West 44th Street and 5th Avenue During St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Manhattan, 1967

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#58 Pedestrians and Police Officers on 5th Avenue at East 46th Street Before St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Manhattan, 1967

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#59 Hot Dog Vendor Serving Customer with Children Watching St. Patrick’s Day Parade on 5th Avenue, Manhattan, 1962

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#60 Pedestrians on Park Avenue, Manhattan, 1967

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#61 Ice Cream Vendor Waiting for Customers on 6th Avenue, Manhattan, 1967

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#62 Pedestrians Crossing Broadway at West 46th Street Intersection in Times Square, Manhattan, 1962

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#63 View of Lower Manhattan Skyline from Staten Island Ferry, Manhattan, 1963

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#64 Shoe Shiner Waiting for Customers on 6th Avenue, Manhattan, 1967

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#65 Pedestrians Outside Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, 1961

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#66 Horse & Carriage Ride Along 5th Avenue, Manhattan, 1963

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#67 Anti-Nuclear Protestors Marching Past the Paramount Theater in Times Square, Manhattan, 1962

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#68 Policeman Directing Traffic at 7th Avenue and 42nd Street in Times Square, Manhattan, 1967

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#69 Two Men at Loading Dock on West Side Waterfront, Manhattan, 1965

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#70 New York Central Rail Car and Other Box Cars in Upper Manhattan, 1965

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#71 Construction Workers Loading Wood onto a Flatbed Truck on 6th Avenue, Manhattan, 1967

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#72 A View of People Crossing the Street During Rush Hour in Midtown Manhattan, 1965.

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#73 A View of People Waiting to Cross the Street During Rush Hour on 51st St and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, 1965.

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#74 A Hansom Cab Operator Waits for a Fare on Central Park South in Manhattan, 1965.

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#75 A Hansom Cab Operator with His Horse and Carriage Waits for a Fare on Central Park South in Manhattan, 1965.

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#76 A View of Cars on the FDR Drive with the Manhattan Bridge in the Background in Manhattan, 1965.

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#77 A View of Cars Parked by the Pier in Lower Manhattan, 1965.

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#78 Elevated View of Vehicle Traffic on the FDR Drive, Looking North from East 48th Street, with the Queensboro Bridge in Background, Manhattan, 1967.

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#79 View of Three Construction Workers Taking a Break at a Job Site on 6th Avenue, Manhattan, 1967.

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#80 A View of the Battery Maritime Building and the FDR Drive at South Ferry in Lower Manhattan, 1965.

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#81 A View of the Battery Maritime Building at South Ferry in Lower Manhattan, 1965.

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#82 People Waiting for The Circle Line Cruise in Battery Park, Lower Manhattan, 1965.

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#83 A View of People Protesting Against War and Atom Bomb Testing by the Playland Arcade in Times Square, Manhattan, 1965.

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#84 A View of People Protesting by One Times Square and the Astor Hotel in Times Square, Manhattan, 1965.

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#85 A View of People Protesting in Times Square Against War and Atom Bomb Testing in the US and Russia, Manhattan, 1965.

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#86 Coachman Waiting in His Horse-Drawn Carriage at Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan, 1968.

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#87 View of the Racquet and Tennis Club on Park Avenue and East 53rd Street, Manhattan, 1968.

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#88 Senior Couple Walking Along Mulberry Street During the Feast Of San Gennaro Festival, Little Italy, Manhattan, 1968.

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#89 A View of People Protesting in Times Square Against War and Atom Bomb Testing in the US and Russia, Manhattan, 1965.

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#90 A View of a Sandwich Shop in Midtown Manhattan, 1965.

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#91 Pedestrians on the Steps Leading to the Entrance of a Building on Park Avenue, Manhattan, 1967.

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#92 Pedestrians on the Steps Leading to the Entrance of a Building on Park Avenue, Manhattan, 1967.

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#93 High-Angle View of Construction Work on Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan, 1967.

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#94 Doorman Holds a Dog Beside Parked Cars on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, 1965.

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#95 Church of St Thomas More on the Upper East Side, Manhattan, 1967.

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#96 Exterior View of O’Neal’s Saloon on West 64th Street, Manhattan, 1967.

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#97 Pedestrians Walk Beside Cars Parked Along East 61st Street in Manhattan, 1968.

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#98 Police Security Barriers Outside Delmonico’s Hotel on Park Avenue in Manhattan, 1965.

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#99 Exterior View of the Apollo Theater Advertising Performers Including the Miracles, the Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Contours, and Choker Campbell, Manhattan, 1960s

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#100 View of L&S Grocery Store at the Intersection of 21st Street and 9th Avenue in the Chelsea Neighborhood, Manhattan, 1964

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#101 Crowd Arrives at Central Park’s Sheep Meadow for the ‘Easter Be-In’, Manhattan, 1967

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#102 Lion’s Head, Ltd. Coffee House, Located at the Corner of Charles and Hudson Streets in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, 1960

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#103 Crowd Gathers Outside the Ed Sullivan Theater at Broadway and 53rd Street, Manhattan, 1968

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#104 Nighttime View North Along Broadway of Times Square with Neon Illuminated Billboard for Camel Cigarettes, Manhattan, 1964

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#105 Nighttime View of Pedestrians in Front of Cafe Borgia at the Intersection of MacDougal and Bleeker Streets in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, 1966

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#106 View of Trash and Snow Piled Along MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village After a Blizzard, Manhattan, 1969

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#107 Exterior View of the New Building of Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan, 1966

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#108 Placard-Holders at a Pro-‘Lower Manhattan Expressway’ Demonstration Near the Intersection of Park Row and Centre Street, Manhattan, 1964

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#109 Elevated View of Washington Square Park Used as a Parking Lot During Its Mid-1960s Redesign, Manhattan, 1966

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#110 High-Angle View of the Port Authority Bus Terminal Illuminated by Night, Manhattan, 1965

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#111 General View of Park Avenue with the New York Central Building and the Pan Am Building in the Background, Manhattan, 1967

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#112 Pedestrians Walking Beneath the Covered Entrance to the Ritz Tower on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, 1967

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#113 General View of Traffic on Park Avenue in the Borough of Manhattan, 1967

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#114 Nighttime View of Pedestrians and Cars on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, 1966

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#115 Television Journalist Interviews Photographer Fred W. McDarrah on MacDougal Street About His ‘Rent-A-Beatnik’ Business, Manhattan, 1960

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#116 Nighttime View of the Closed Cafe Figaro at the Intersection of Bleeker and MacDougal Streets in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, 1969

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#117 View of the Street Surrounding the Winter Garden Theatre in Manhattan During a Transit Strike, Manhattan, 1966

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#118 Street Scene in Harlem, Manhattan, 1960s

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#119 Piles of Garbage on East 43rd Street in Manhattan During the Sanitation Strike, Manhattan, 1968

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#120 View of a Building on the Corner of West 14th Street and 6th Avenue, Home to the Living Theatre and Merce Cunningham’s Dance Studio, Manhattan, 1965

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#121 View of Trash and Snow Piled Along MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village After a Blizzard, Manhattan, 1969

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#122 Police Stand Watch Near the Levy and Delany Funeral Home on Seventh Avenue in Harlem in Manhattan, 1964

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#123 A Man Pushes a Cart Under the Elevated Train Tracks on Park Avenue in Manhattan, 1967

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#124 View of Buildings at the Intersection of 10th Avenue and 25th Street in the Chelsea Neighborhood, Manhattan, 1964

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#125 Sign Next to the George Washington Bridge Announcing the Completion Date of the Bridge’s New Six-Lane Lower Deck, Manhattan, 1960

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#126 Elevated View of Washington Square Park Used as a Parking Lot During Its Mid-1960s Redesign, Manhattan, 1966

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#127 Exterior View of the Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House at 867 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, 1967

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#128 View Along Park Avenue Towards the New York Central Building and the Pan Am Building, Manhattan, 1960s

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#129 Jerome Mansion with a ‘Herbert Charles’ real estate board, due for demolition, once home of financier Leonard Jerome, father of Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill, Manhattan, 1967

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#130 Critics and supporters of Fidel Castro outside the Hotel Theresa, displaying banners, stores include Bostonian Shoes, Mink’s Men’s Wear, Leed’s Stetson Hats and Auto Insurance $20, Manhattan, 1960

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#131 The Apollo Theater in Harlem advertising concerts by The Miracles, The Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Contours, and Choker Campbell, Manhattan, 1963

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#132 View of Manhattan in the 1960s

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#133 Actors Performing Onstage at Caffe Cino, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, 1961

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#134 A View of People Protesting Against War and Atom Bomb Testing in Times Square, Manhattan, 1965.

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