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Tenement buildings, Bronx

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  • Tenement buildings; "The Plaza": E. 136th St.-Willow Av-Cyprus Av, Bronx, 1936

    Tenement buildings; "The Plaza": E. 136th St.-Willow Av-Cyprus Av, Bronx

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Tenement buildings; "The Plaza": E. 136th St.-Willow Av-Cyprus Av, Bronx, 1936

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Tenement buildings; "The Plaza": E. 136th St.-Willow Av-Cyprus Av, Bronx

1936

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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