Stone Street in 1914

Hanover Square seen from Stone Street, 1914. Image via @nyc.beforeandafter

Check out this photograph of Stone Street in 1914!

If you can’t tell, this is the North-East end of Stone Street (by Harry’s), facing Hanover Sq / Williams St. So the photographer had their back to the rest of Stone Street.

Hanover Square seen from Stone Street, 1914 vs 2021. Images via @nyc.beforeandafter

Did you know there used to be an elevated train station just steps from Stone Street? The structure seen on the right side of the photograph was the Hanover Sq Station on the elevated Third Avenue Line ’El’ train, which operated between 1878-1950. The tracks ran above Pearl Street!

Here’s some close ups of the station:

Hanover Sq Station in 1936. Photography by Berenice Abbott.

Southbound train of MUDC cars approaches Hanover Square station on the Pearl Street extension of the Third Avenue El in the 1940s. (Image via nycsubway.org)

El' Second and Third Avenue Lines, Hanover Square and Pearl Street, Manhattan, in 1936. Photography by Berenice Abbott.