Jun 22, 2024
Sure, buildings can be moved, but a whole street? But that's what they were doing on June 22, 1949 just north of Battery Park. Edgar Street, a very short thoroughfare between Greenwich St. and Trinity Place, was moved 30 feet north to make room for the approaches to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, then under construction. It was reconstructed to have two lanes separated by an island.
Photo: Dan Grossi for the AP