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121st Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan

17 historical photos taken here between 1880 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue, 1880

    Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue

    1880

  • Manhattan: 120th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue, 1911

    Manhattan: 120th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue

    1911

  • Manhattan: 120th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue, 1911

    Manhattan: 120th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue

    1911

  • Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 120th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 120th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 121st Street - 3rd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 120th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 120th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 120th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 120th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 120th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 120th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 120th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 120th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 120th Street, 1934

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 120th Street

    1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 120th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue, 1911

Photo 2 of 17 at 121st Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 120th Street (West) - 3rd Avenue

1911

Riverside Park: A set of 2 views northward from a point near West 120th Street. Above the shrubs on the left appears the Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant overlooking the Hudson River. Upon the latter is a ferry boat just putting into the slip at West 125th Street. Shown in view No. 2 is the New York Central Railroad paralleling the waters edge. Today, (1938) the tracks have disappeared, having been covered over during the West Side Improvement, for an account of same, see, booklet published by the Department of Parks on the opening occasion October 12, 1937. June 1, 1911. W. L. Bogert.

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