within the 19th century ny City became America's largest city also as a desirable metropolis. Characters like Irving , Phineas T. Barnum, Vanderbilt , and John Jacob Astor made their names in ny City. And despite blights on the town , like the Five Points slum or the notorious 1863 Draft Riots, the town grew and prospered. These amazing vintage photographs show what ny seemed like within the late 19th century...
42nd Street, 1890
5th Avenue and 14th Street, 1890
Central Park Ice Skating, 1890
Central Park West, 1890
The Dakota at Central Park West, 1890
Gansevoort Market Meatpacking District, 1890
New York Stock Exchange, 1890
Laying cable line for trolleys in Union Square, 1891
Broadway and Union Square, 1892
Grand Central, 1893
Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, 1894
Newspaper Row, 1897
Bowling Green Park, 1898
Little Italy, 1899
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