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Brown Place & East 132nd Street, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Brown Place - 132nd Street (East), 1937

    Bronx: Brown Place - 132nd Street (East)

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Brown Place - 132nd Street (East), 1937

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Bronx: Brown Place - 132nd Street (East)

1937

Brown Place, south from but not including East 136th Street to its terminus at East 132nd Street. The two houses at the S.E. and S.W. corners of East 135th Street are in the process of being razed. May 11, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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