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West 3rd Street from Sixth Avenue to Wooster Street - circa 1940 (photos taken from 1939-1941) - source: NYC Municipal Photos North Side: Sixth Avenue to Macdougal Street (#133-115) 133 West 3rd Street 
. 131 West 3rd Street 
125-129 West 3rd Street 
123 West 3rd Street 
121 West 3rd Street 
115-119 West 3rd Street, aka 125 Macdougal Street (northwest corner) 
North Side: Macdougal Street to Sullivan Street (#113-99) (presently NYU Law School) 111-113 West 3rd Street (aka 135 MacDougal Street) (northeast corner) 
107 West 3rd Street 
105 West 3rd Street 
103 West 3rd Street 
101 West 3rd Street 
101 West 3rd Street 
99 West 3rd Street 
North Side: Sullivan Street to Thompson Street (#93-79) (currently Furman Hall, NYU and Judson Church annex) 93 West 3rd Street (northeast corner of Sullivan Sreet) 
89-91 West 3rd Street (bowling sign) 
89-91 West 3rd Street (bowling sign) 
87 West 3rd Street 
87 West 3rd Street 
85 West 3rd Street (83 West 3rd is empty lot next door) 
85 West Third Street 
81 West 3rd Street 
79 West 3rd Street, aka 235-239 Thompson (Northwest corner of West 3rd and Thopson) The annex to the Judson Memorial Church. 
North Side: Thompson Street to West Broadway (#77-65) (This block is now NYU's Kimmell Center) 73-77 West 3rd Street, aka 238 Thompson Street 
71 West 3rd Street 
69 West 3rd Street 
67 West 3rd Street 
North Side: West Broadway (Laguardia Place) to Wooster Street (#57-43) 55-57 West 3rd Street 
55-57 West 3rd Street - The Open Door (jazz club) 
53 West 3rd Street 
53 West 3rd Street 
51 West 3rd Street 
51 West 3rd Street 
49 West 3rd Street . The building to the left of the "Howdy Revue. 
47 West 3rd Street. Home of the "Howdy Revue." This block is the block where Bobst Library is today. 
47 West 3rd Street. Home of the "Howdy Revue." Close-up. This block is the block where Bobst Library is today. 
43-45 West 3rd Street, corner of Wooster. aka 241 Wooster. 
43-45 West 3rd Street, corner of Wooster. aka 241 Wooster. 
North Side: Wooster Street to Greene Street (#41-31) (WE END AT #37) (The tall building is currently part of NYU. After that is the new Stern Center of NYU. 39-41 West 3rd Street, corner of Wooster. aka 236 Wooster. 
37 West 3rd Street (Between West Broadway and Wooster ) 
WE ARE NOW GOING WEST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST 3rd STREET, BEGINNING AT WOOSTER STREET. 44-48 West 3rd Street, aka 225 Wooster Street 
50-52 West 3rd Street 
54-56 West 3rd Street 
54-56 West 3rd Street (from a different angle) 
58 West 3rd Street (Note we are missing #60 West Third Street, aka 559 West Broadway) 
South Side: West Broadway to Thompson Street (#64-76) 64 West 3rd Street, aka 552-564 West Broadway (now LaGuardia Place) 
64 West 3rd Street, aka 552-564 West Broadway (now LaGuardia Place) 
66 West 3rd Street 
66 West 3rd Street 
68 West 3rd Street 
68 West 3rd Street 
70 West 3rd Street 
70 West 3rd Street 
72-76 West 3rd Street, aka 234 Thompson (Ernie's Restaurant/Lounge) 
72-76 West 3rd Street, aka 234 Thompson (Ernie's Restaurant/Lounge) 
SOUTH SIDE: THOMPSOM STREET TO SULLIVAN STREET (#78-90) 78 West 3rd Street (Pinto's Dancing Lounge) 
78 West 3rd Street (Pinto's) 
80 West 3rd Street 
80 West 3rd Street 
82 West 3rd Steet (Cinderella Club) 
82 West 3rd Street (Cinderella Club) 
84 West 3rd Street (Fire station) (now owned and lived-in by Anderson Cooper) 
84 West 3rd Street 
86 West 3rd Street 
86 West 3rd Street 
88 West 3rd Street 
90 West 3rd Street, aka 237-241 Sullivan Street 
90 West 3rd Street, aka 237-241 Sullivan Street 
SOUTH SIDE: SULLIVAN TO MACDOUGAL (#100-114) 100 West 3rd Street, aka 232-240 Sullivan Street 
102 West 3rd Street (sign reads: Cleon Throckmorton Inc.) Note: This building and all the ones on the block following it have been taken down and replaced by an NYU dorm called D'agostino Hall 
104 West 3rd Street 
106 West 3rd Street (This space would later becme the Cafe Bizarre) 
108-112 West 3rd Street 
114 West 3rd Street, aka 134 Macdougal Street 
SOUTH SIDE: MACDOUGAL STREET TO SIXTH AVENUE (#116-134) 116 West 3rd Street, aka 119-121 Macdougal Street (currently Ben's Pizza) 
118 West 3rd Street (formerly Bleecker Bob's Records) 
120 West 3rd Street 
122-128 West 3rd Street (Still a garage) 
130-132 West 3rd Street, aka 18-20 Minetta Lane (currently the VIllage Underground (130) and the Fat Black Pussycat (132). (#132 was Tony Pastor's Nightclub for many years, then it became Gerde's Folk City when that music club had to move from West 4th Street.) 
134 West Third Street, aka 22 Minetta Lane (currently the 3 Sheets Saloon) 
134 West 3rd Street, aka 22 Minetta Lane. The lot to the right as we look at this building is empty. Later (in the 1970's) a MacDonalds would be built on that space and remain open until about 2021. And to that right of the McDonalds was a small park, and then 6th Avenue. 
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