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Gun Hill Road & Willett Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Gun Hill Road (East) - Willett Avenue, 1938

    Bronx: Gun Hill Road (East) - Willett Avenue

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Gun Hill Road (East) - Willett Avenue, 1938

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Bronx: Gun Hill Road (East) - Willett Avenue

1938

E. Gunhill Road, north side, east from Willett Avenue to White Plains Road, showing the Williamsbridge station of the I.R.T. subway. The 3-story building, on the left, is at the N.E. corner of Willett Avenue. May 12, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

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