Pictorial Description of Broadway - 1899

 

This pictorial description of Broadway is a block-by-block visual record of Broadway, from Bowling Green to 59th Street, published in 1899 by the Mail & Express Company, publisher of the New York City daily newspaper the Evening Mail. Source: The New York Public Library.

Message from the original publisher: "Perhaps New York is more generally known through the fame of four of its streets than from all other causes combined. These streets, to name them in the order 0f their relative importance, are Broadway, Wall street, Fifth avenue and the Bowery."

 

 

Antique photos of NYC

 

Bowling Green NY

2 - Broadway, west side - Bowling Green to Morris Street - 1899.

 

Pictorial Description of Broadway

 

Produce Exchange

3 - Broadway, east side, from Produce Exchange, in Bowling Green, to Standard Oil Building -1899.

 

Broadway NY

5 - Broadway, east side, Hudson Building to Exchange Place - 1899.

 

Equitable Life Building

9 - Broadway, east side. Wall Street to Liberty Street - 1899.

 

Aldrich Court

4 - Broadway, west side. Morris Street to Exchange Alley - 1899.

 

NY late 19th century

1 - East side - Bowling Green.

 

Post Office NY

15 - Broadway, east side. Post Office. Ann Street to City Hall Park (below) - 1899.

City Hall Park

17 - City Hall Park.

 

Old buildings

16 - Broadway, west side. Murray to Chambers Streets - 1899.

 

East Side NY

11 - East side Broadway, Liberty Street to John Street - 1899.

 

National Park Bank

13 - Broadway, east side. John Street to Ann Street - 1899.

 

New York Life Insurance Building

21 - Broadway, east side. Pearl Street to Franklin Street, New York Life Insurance Building - 1899.

 

Broadway old

19 - Broadway, east side. Chambers Street to Pearl Street - 1899.

 

Astor House NY

14 - Broadway, west side. Vesey Street to Murray Street - 1899.

 

West Side Broadway

28 - Broadway, west side. Grand Street to Broome Street - 1899.

 

West Side

10 - Broadway, west side. Liberty Street to Dey Street - 1899.

 

East Side Broadway

27 - Broadway, east side. Howard Street to Grand Street - 1899.

 

New York NY

22 - Broadway, west side. Franklin Street to Walker St. - 1899.

 

NYC

39 - Broadway, east side. Bleecker to Third St.

 

NYC Broadway buildings

40 - Broadway, west side. Third Street to Waverly Place - 1899.

 

West side buildings NYC

48 - Broadway, west side. 12th to 14th St.

 

NYC Broadway

30 - Broadway, West Side. Broome Street to Spring Street - 1899.

 

Broadway East Side 8th St NY

43 - Broadway, east side. "Old London" building to 8th St. - 1899.

 

Broadway 8th street

44 - Broadway, west side. 8th to 10th St.

 

19th century NY

53 - Broadway, east side, 17th to 20th St. - 1899.

 

New York City East Side

37 - Broadway, east side. Houston to Bleecker St.

 

Broadway 19th century NY

55 - Broadway, east side, 20th to 23rd 1899.

 

Buildings East Side NYC

49 - Broadway, east side. 12th to 14th St. 1899.

 

Waverly Place to 8th St.

42 - Broadway, west side. Waverly Pl. to 8th St.

 

East Side Broadway

29 - Broadway, east side. Grand Street to Broome Street - 1899.

 

West Side Broadway buildings

52 - Broadway, west side. 17th to 20th St. 1899.

 

NYC 19th century

56 - West side Broadway, 23rd to 25th streets Fifth Avenue Hotel, Albemarle and Hoffman House - 1899.

 

East Side Broadway 8th street

45 - Broadway, east side. 8th to 10th St.

 

Broadway Hotel NY

38 - Broadway, west side. Bleecker to Third St.

 

19th century NYC

54 - Broadway, west side, 20th to 23rd St. - 1899.

 

Decker Building

50 - Broadway, west side, Union Square, 14th to 17th St. - 1899.

 

Old Broadway NY

18 - Broadway, west side. Chambers Street to Thomas Street - 1899.

 

New York City

24 - Broadway, west side. Walker to Howard St., Ninth National Bank - 1899.

 

Union Square NY

51 - Union Square, Broadway, east side, 12th to 14th St. - 1899.

 

NYC East Side Broadway

41 - Broadway, East Side. 3rd Street to Old London Building - 1899.

 

NYC Broadway

25 - Broadway, east side. Walker to Howard St.

 

New York NY 19th century

58 - Broadway, west side, 25th to 27th St. 1899.

 

Grace Church NY

47 - Broadway, east side. 10th to 12th St. Grace Church - 1899.

 

Old New York City

62 - Broadway, west side, 29th to 31st St. - 1899.

 

New York Broadway

23 - Broadway, east side. Franklin to Walker Street - 1899.

 

Madison Square

57 - Broadway, 5th Ave. Madison Square - 1899.

 

West Side Broadway NYC

46 - Broadway, west side. 10th to 12th St. 1899.

 

19th century Broadway NY

61 - Broadway, east side, 27th to 29th St. Sturtevant House is on the left - 1899.

 

Houston to Bleecker St

36 - Broadway, west side. Houston to Bleecker St.

 

Broadway 40th street NY

70 - Broadway, west side, 40th to 43rd St - 1899.

 

Herald Square NY

67 - Broadway, east side, 34th to 37th. Herald Square and Broadway Tabernacle - 1899.

 

Saint Paul NY

12 - Broadway, east side. Dey Street to Vesey Street. Saint Paul's Church - 1899.

 

Old Broadway NYC

66 - Broadway, west side. 34th to 37th - 1899.

 

Theaters NY

60 - Broadway, west side. 27th to 29th St. Sam T. Jack Theatre - 1899.

 

Rutland apartments

74 - Broadway, west side, 56th to 59th street. Rutland Apartments.

 

Both Sides of Broadway

 

Spring Prince street

32 - Broadway, west side. Spring to Prince Street.

 

Shops NY

72 - Broadway, west side. 48th to 50th St. - 1899.

 

73 - Broadway, east side, 56th to 59th street.

 

East Side New York NY

35 - Broadway, east side. Prince Street to Houston St. - 1899.

 

West side Broadway

26 - Broadway, west side. Howard Street to Grand Street - 1899.

 

Metropolitan Opera House NY

68 - Broadway, west side, 37th to 40th St. Metropolitan Opera House - 1899.

 

Nineteenth century NY

59 - Broadway, east side, 25th to 27th St. - 1899.

 

Hotels NYC

71 - Broadway, east side, 40th to 43rd St. - 1899.

 

Union Dime Savings

64 - Broadway, west side, 31st to 34th St. 1899.

 

NY East Side

33 - Broadway, east side. Spring to Prince St.

 

Buildings NYC

20 - Broadway, west side. Thomas Street to Franklin Street - 1899.

 

NYC West Side

34 - Broadway, west side. Prince to Houston St.

 

Old Broadway NYC

65 - Broadway, east side, 31st to 34th St. - 1899.

 

Casino NY

69 - Broadway, east side. 37th to 40th - 1899.

 

East Side buildings NY

31 - Broadway, east side. Broome to Spring St.

 

Grand-hotel-ny

63 - Broadway, east side. 29th to 31st Street, Grand Hotel and Gilsey House - 1899.

 

Broadway west

8 - Broadway, west side. Trinity Church to Liberty Street - 1899.

 

Historic Buildings

 

Wall Street NY

7 - Broadway, east side. Exchange Place to Wall Street - 1899.

 

Trinity Church

6 - Broadway, west side. Exchange Alley to Trinity Church - 1899.

 

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Pictorial Description of Broadway - 1899