Broad Street, Manhattan - before 1890

This is Broad Street about 1890 or before. Source: album 39 phot. d'Amérique du Nord, Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF). This photograph was also published in the "European and American Views" in stereograph card, in the late 19th century. This photo shows the old utility poles, which would be removed after the Blizzard of 1888. The street is paved with stones. The asphalt pavement was laid down in 1890.

The tallest building on the right is the Mills Building, designed by architect George B. Post. It was completed in 1882 and demolished in 1926. The Drexel Building, demolished in 1913, is on the corner of Wall Street. On the left, the building of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, Anglo American Telegraph Company and American Telegraph & Cable Co., at 16-18 Broad Street. This building, erected in the 1880s, was bought by the NYSE in 1898.

Broad Street is one of the oldest streets in New York City. It connects Wall Street to the East River.

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