One of
our favorite vintage photography sites recently posted this old 1905 photo of an elevated train station on Manhattan Street (click top photo for super magnified image). The enlarge section shows the brick control house at the base of the track's steel support grid has an engraved plaque that reads Manhattan Station. The third image down shows an actual trolley that would drop off passengers right at the Manhattan station by parking neatly below one of the support girders. It also appears that since there were no side stairwells to the platform, passengers would enter the control house and walk up a boxed-in staircase (with minute square window) attached to the side of the brick structure. Someone mentioned it before but can anyone guess what eventually replaced Manhattan Street in Harlem? A modern day photo will be posted later in the day. Read our other related post on uptown control houses past and present:
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One of our favorite vintage photography sites recently posted this old 1905 photo of an elevated train station on Manhattan Street (click top photo for super magnified image). The enlarge section shows the brick control house at the base of the track's steel support grid has an engraved plaque that reads Manhattan Station. The third image down shows an actual trolley that would drop off passengers right at the Manhattan station by parking neatly below one of the support girders. It also appears that since there were no side stairwells to the platform, passengers would enter the control house and walk up a boxed-in staircase (with minute square window) attached to the side of the brick structure. Someone mentioned it before but can anyone guess what eventually replaced Manhattan Street in Harlem? A modern day photo will be posted later in the day. Read our other related post on uptown control houses past and present: LINK
That location looks like 125th Street and Broadway!
ReplyDeleteYes, the western end of 125th St where it slopes north was once called Manhattan Street
ReplyDeleteWhat is now La Salle St was once called 125th
If you have a Times subscription, article from 1920 explaining the change: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A00EEDF103AE03ABC4F51DFB066838B639EDE