Friday, November 14, 2008

The Lung Block and other shots of NYC circa 1933

Jason Kottke had a post yesterday with many photos of New York from the 1930s. The top shot is from 1933...



Also from 1933..."The Lung Block, Lower East Side, got its name from many cases of respiratory diseases."



More of the photos are here.

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