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Broadway & West 231st Street, Bronx

2 historical photos taken here in 1927, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: Broadway - 231st Street (West), 1927

    Bronx: Broadway - 231st Street (West)

    1927

  • Bronx: Broadway - 231st Street (West), 1927

    Bronx: Broadway - 231st Street (West)

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Broadway - 231st Street (West), 1927

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Bronx: Broadway - 231st Street (West)

1927

(1) Broadway (on which elevated structure runs), at West 231st Street, showing the 231st Street station of the I.R.T. Van Cortlandt Park subway line. Also shown is a general view of the surrounding area in a northeasterly direction. The vantage point is an empty lot on the west side of Broadway between Kimberley and West 231st Streets. October 27, 1927. P. L. Sperr. (2) The downtown side of the station as viewed in a northwesterly direction from the east platform. October 27, 1927. P. L. Sperr.

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