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East 161st Street & Gerard Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: 161st Street (East) - Gerard Avenue, 1937

    Bronx: 161st Street (East) - Gerard Avenue

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: 161st Street (East) - Gerard Avenue, 1937

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Bronx: 161st Street (East) - Gerard Avenue

1937

E. 161st Street, west from Gerard Avenue, showing the W.P.A. conducting a highway project. Also shown is the elevated station of the I.R.T. subway on River Avenue. May 11, 1937 W.P.A. Photo Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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