| Today, 32 Monroe St. [A] is between
the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge (built in 1906).
At the corner of Monroe and Catherine, [B] on the map, is the Catholic church known as St. Joseph or St. Joachim Italian. (5 Monroe St., New York, NY 10002. 212-233-5152) The red arrow shows the vantage of the picture below. |
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| In 1892, 32 Monroe St. was one of
a cluster of tenements in Manhattan's Lower East
Side. By the early 1930s, when this picture was taken, the area
was called the "Lung Block" because of the many cases of respiratory
dieases, such as tuberculosis, that inflicted
its residents. The tenements were torn down soon after to create
Knickerbocker Village.
This view is from Market towards Catherine. 32 Monroe would have been about where the "K" of "The New York Times" is. Note the twin towers of the Catholic Church on the right. (Photo is available for purchase from NYTimes Store.) |
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