Astor Place (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) - Image Gallery

Image Gallery

  • Faience plaque with beaver, by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company, 1904. The Astor fortune was based on trading beaver pelts

  • Faience name tablet by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company, 1904.

  • Tile with initial "A"

  • Former women's restroom converted into newsstand

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