Thursday, August 27, 2009

Vacation on Staten Island #5: Ann Street and Port Richmond Avenue


1935 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #728337F

2009
Most of the stores on this stretch of Port Richmond Ave are shut down, although most of them look like they were recently open. This store hasn't changed much in seventy-five years.

Cutting through the photo in the later view is the North Shore line of the Staten Island Railway.

1 comment:

Rick said...

Zach,

I really enjoyed your collection of photo's. I particularly enjoyed the those in which the old photos included cars. It helped to set the time period and made the comparison that much more interesting.

Best of luck with the move.

Rick