West Side Highway Opens Framed or Unframed:Framed taking a route through the

taking a route through the middle of the city

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 as Bob Dylan would tell you

are presented in this 140-page book along with historical photographs and color illustrations

(Actual size of Times newspaper pages today is 13” x 22”

West Side Highway Opens Framed or Unframed:Framed taking a route through theOnlookers 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