West Side Highway Opens Framed or Unframed:Framed The Thing Quarterly

The Thing Quarterly

Printing facilities at The Times were offline that night but an abbreviated 10-page edition "written and edited by candlelight" was produced through the courtesy of The Newark Evening News (1873 - 1973)

taking a route through the middle of the city

his obituary in The Times said

West Side Highway Opens Framed or Unframed:Framed The Thing QuarterlyOnlookers watch automobiles travel southbound as the West Side Elevated Highway opens after eight years of construction, February 9, 1937. With the George Washington Bridge standing in the background, the cars traveled along the Hudson River. The 4. 5 mile roadway, at a cost of $16 million, extended from 72nd Street to Canal Street. When the elevated highway opened, Mayor La Guardia demonstrated its value in an automobile race with Borough President