Railway Historical

On the West Side

I have here three views taken along the Hudson River from the mid-1990s. The first image, looking down the Hudson River toward the upper-harbor, could have been made around Pier 32 or just south of that. Towers One and Two of the World Trade Center are prominent in the left-hand side of the image of course. The Statue of Liberty as well as Ellis Island can be made out in the distance.

In the second image, Pier 32 foregrounds the ventilation building for the Holland Tunnel. (The pilings from Pier 32, sans deck, are still evident at this location today.) In the final image we see the south side of a building (that closely resembles its current state), now part of the sprawling athletic complex at Pier 40.

Three images by Richard Koenig; taken in March of 1995.

From the Battery

Here are a couple of shots, taken in sequence, at the Battery in lower Manhattan. One can see the end of Pier A in the first image along with construction happening in Jersey City in the distance. Toward the left-hand side of that picture one can see the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal. In the second photograph one will notice, out in the bay, Ellis Island along with the Statue of Liberty.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken in October of 1987.

Before Battery Park City

A view of Upper New York Harbor from the early eighties.

The fill is in place for Battery Park City but no structures are in place as of yet. This is directly west of where the World Trade Center stood. Staten Island can be seen in the distance with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island lying between Manhattan and that outer borough.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken in the early 1980s.