Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Now and then: 10th Street and Avenue A

At Flickr, rollingrck has a great set of old East Village postcards, including this undated shot of 10th Street and Avenue A...



I tried to line it up to compare to today's corner...

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5 comments:

  1. pinheadDecember 30, 2009 at 7:27 AM

    My old block! Nice pic.

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  2. BryanDecember 30, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    The biggest changes I can see are in the road: modes of transport, numbers of pedestrians. The tree in the lower left looks exactly the same: could it be the same tree, maxed out at that height for a century?

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  3. AnonymousDecember 30, 2009 at 10:30 AM

    The address-today-is 288 east 10th street.

    Viewing the history here gives some idea of when the photo was taken (1884 to 1911).

    http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/east-village-church-and-midtown-building-are-newest-landmarks/?pagemode=print

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  4. JillJanuary 1, 2010 at 5:55 PM

    I can't get enough of then & now photos. It puts so much in perspective for me. Thanks for this one.

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  5. EV GrieveJanuary 1, 2010 at 6:27 PM

    Thanks, Jill. I like them too...Have a few more lined up...

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