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Whitlock Avenue & Lowell Street, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Whitlock Avenue - Lowell Street, 1928

    Bronx: Whitlock Avenue - Lowell Street

    1928

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Whitlock Avenue - Lowell Street, 1928

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Bronx: Whitlock Avenue - Lowell Street

1928

Whitlock Ave. (extreme left), east side, north from Lowell Street to Westchester Ave., showing the buildings of the Metropolitan Swimming Pool (the pool itself is directly below the buildings and is not seen in the view). On the right appears the Bronx River and the bridge of the I.R.T. Pelham Bay Park subway line. The vantage point is the Whitlock Ave. elevated station of the subway line. July 1, 1928. P. L. Sperr.

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