“Manhattan used to be, among other things, a city of awnings.”

The New York Times, 1978

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Flat Iron [i.e. Flatiron] Building, New York, N.Y. 1908 Library of Congress
A small three story, free standing house surrounded by tall buildings.  There is a gated iron fence in front of the house and stripped awnings on the windows for the top two floors.  A note on the back reads "American Museum of Natural History", thou
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gilsey House, Broadway, New York." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1930. https://digitalcollections.n
211 Central Park West. Hotel Beresford [Beresford Apartments.] The Beresford Apartments take their name from the Beresford, an apartment hotel built from 1889-1892 on the northwest corner of 81st Street and and Central Park West. 1931
Henry M. Braem house, 14 East 36th St, view to the north. George B. Post, 1877.
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Brooklyn Avenue" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1870 - 1980. https://digitalcollections
The Morningside Park Apartments, Morningside Park East 118th - 119th Sts 1912 Irving Underhill
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "902 to 920 Broadway, between 20th and 21st Streets" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1910. https://digitalcollect
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Coney Island cottage: Brooklyn" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1934. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/08c5
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Oriental Hotel, Manhattan Beach, N.Y" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1903.
302 Central Park West. El Dorado Apartments. The Eldorado (originally called El Dorado) was designed in 1902 and spanned 300-302 Central Park West. c 1920
McAvoy English Garden Homes. View of front. 1924
Hudson Terminal Building, New York. Thaddeus Wilkerson, ca. 1910
331 East 10th Street. New York Public Library, Tompkins Square branch ca. 1904-1930
Skene Sanitarium, Brooklyn, N. Y. ca 1920
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Apartment buildings with awnings" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936.
Wurts Bros. (New York, N.Y.) Building ca. 1915-1945
1907 Amsterdam Avenue. Consolidated Gas Co., office and show rooms, general exterior. ca. 1915
Maple Street between Rogers and Bedford Avenue. Limestone residences, detail of houses with awnings and a bay projection. 9/14/1925
Houses with awnings near Kingsbridge Armory. William Davis Hassler. A row of houses on Grand Street at W. 192nd St. with porches and awnings on a tree-lined street. The Kingsbridge Armory is visible in the distance. ca. 1915
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Tenement rear with fire escape; window awnings." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935.
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Grand Central Terminal" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b5aa1ad0-091
West 58th Street. Lafayette Place apartments. Wurts Bros. (New York, N.Y.) ca. 1905
New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library. "Seward Park, Exterior" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1875.
Flat Iron [i.e. Flatiron] Building, New York, N.Y. Detail.
Apartments 103-109 W. 141st St. Irving Underhill ca. 1913
rma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Metropolitan Club & Eldridge T. Gerry residence" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1891.
Title: 333 East 18 Street Title: Manhattan Title: 1940s Tax Department photographs Start Date: 1939 End Date: 1941 Description: Block 924 Lot 21