But! The overwhelming demand crippled the website... and no one could access the photos...
However! I randomly checked late last night, as I've been doing every 90 seconds the last eight days. Or so. ... and everything was up and running. Woo!
So, for starters, this was a rather quick and random search ... I just grabbed stuff
These photos of workers in Tompkins Square Park are dated May 1941... (and nice to see that workers stood around then too — kidding!)
...in the top photo, you can barely make out the Avenue A street sign in the upper right-hand corner...
This shot in the Park looking west toward East Ninth Street wasn't dated...
The caption: "Old men and women seated on bench. Women wear babushkas and hold canes."
And here is the north side of Delancey Street west of Clinton Street dated June 7, 1906 ... There are a lot of Delancey shots from this time period.
Here are two random tax photos, which were taken some time between 1980 and 1988... (There are a lot of tax photos, though the images are very small...)
And some tax photos on the Bowery... You may recognize a few spots ...
... such as the former 9-17 Second Avenue, where the Mars Bar was eventually on the corner...
...and the current home of Gemma and the Bowery Hotel...
...7-Eleven is the third storefront in... in the
And some tax photos on East Houston....
...current home of the Ludlow...
...the Sunshine...
OK, going back in for more... Meanwhile, you can search yourself right here.
[All photos courtesy NYC Municipal Archives]
