Thursday, March 14, 2013

An Avenue B and East 14th Street now and then

Ace photographer East Village Hawkeye shared these now-and-then photos with us... showing the southwest corner of 14th Street and Avenue B today...



...and in 1914...


[NYPL Digital Gallery]

What do you think? I like the looks of the 14th Street Cafe ... (Click on the image for a better look...) Maybe pick up a pack of Piedmonts and a copy of the New York Herald...
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8 comments:

  1. PinchMarch 14, 2013 at 8:16 AM

    Lampposts!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 14, 2013 at 9:36 AM

    i'll take 'then' for ever, please.

    I-)

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  3. GojiraMarch 14, 2013 at 9:36 AM

    And corner columns! I always loved those, used to still be a lot of them around when I first moved to the EV, but now they've all been enclosed. They always gave a nice open feel to the storefronts.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 14, 2013 at 9:07 PM

    Awesome pic!

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  5. AnonymousMarch 15, 2013 at 7:51 AM

    So I don't completely get that projecting ground-floor window thing...were they selling directly to the street? It almost looks like it was there so people could pull up to the window from the curb.

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  6. vzabuserMarch 15, 2013 at 8:42 AM

    In 1924, the New York Herald merged with another paper to become what I read as a child: The New York Herald Tribune.

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  7. vzabuserMarch 15, 2013 at 9:32 AM

    Anon 7:51
    in 1914 there was nothing to pull up to the curb, less you were 1%
    "The cheapest car you could buy in 1910 was the Ford Model T. It cost around $800 at that time. That would be equal to around $20,000 in todays money"

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  8. AnonymousMarch 15, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    I wonder if the awning was down and those hideous tiles were stripped there would be any traces of the 14th Street Cafe...

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