But could that curved track run farther up Ninth Avenue beside what’s nevertheless referred to as Meatpacking District (above in 1938)—a nineteenth century wholesale market that because of the 1940s primarily handled meat and chicken? The Belgian block road truly look like today’s Little West 12th or Gansevoort Street.

Works out at Ninth Avenue and 14th Street (below, in 1940), the el does make a bend just like the bend within the artwork. Issue is, the Ninth Avenue el ended up being dismantled in 1940.

Could an el have been added by the artist train per creative permit? Could be the date for the artwork earlier than thought? a small more detective work has to be performed.

An art form Nouveau clock for a downtown skyscraper

The Standard Oil Building at 26 Broadway (formally its address spans Broadway that is 10-30 been an element of the downtown skyline for nearly a century. Read more