West Side Highway Opens Framed or Unframed:Framed Most pre-1998 pages are reproduced

Most pre-1998 pages are reproduced from microfilm

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)

' but after a time grew very fond of it and played well

taking a route through the middle of the city

but I think I've got it on him

West Side Highway Opens Framed or Unframed:Framed Most pre-1998 pages are reproducedOnlookers 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