• Building still at corner of 9th Ave. and W. 15th St., though radically modified. Former Julius Wile Sons warehouse (note signage), now The Porter House, at 9th Ave. and 15th St.
    www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/CHE-036.htm
    "The lower part of the $22 million project is a careful restoration of a brick Renaissance Revival warehouse built for Julius Wile, wine importers, in 1905. " - artolog

Raised express track, 9th Ave. "L" (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Raised express track, 9th Ave. "L"

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19769

Call Number: LC-B2- 3575-6

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  2. ptpenguino (4 weeks ago | reply)

    Is this Chicago?

  3. artolog (4 weeks ago | reply)

    No, New York, though this elevated railway is long gone (demolished 1940).
    Taken from same spot:
    Raised express track 9th Ave.

  4. artolog (4 weeks ago | reply)

    This picture shows the 1915 conversion of the center express tracks at the 14th Street Station to a "hump express" configuration, whereby express trains arrived at the station on a higher track than locals. It is taken from the east side of 9th Ave., looking northwest toward 14th St.
    This photo from the 30's shows the finished station from the opposite side of 9th avenue, looking northwest:
    picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NY C9thAveEl?no...
    And this aerial photo from the 30's shows that the tracks were eventually enclosed and roofed over at 14th St.
    picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NY C9thAveEl?no...

  5. This photo was invited and added to the Flickr Commons group.

  6. ptpenguino (3 weeks ago | reply)

    Thank you, Artolog!
    The elevated trains are sometimes called by "L" in Chicagoland, which I don't actually know very well, just slightly better than New York.

  7. denebola2025 (2 weeks ago | reply)

    Really cool history!

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