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12th Avenue & 31st Street, Manhattan

6 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • North (Hudson) River - Piers 71-73., 1925–1937

    North (Hudson) River - Piers 71-73.

    1925; 1937

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street, 1934

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street

    1934

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Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street, 1931

Photo 4 of 6 at 12th Avenue & 31st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 31st Street

1931

Twelfth Avenue, east side, between W. 31st and 32nd Streets, showing a portion of the New York Central Railroad yards on this westerly margin of Manhattan. The photographer is viewing mainly eastward to show the distant Empire State Building being belittled by a rubbish incinerator's smoke stack. A latter photo will show the circular loop of the new elevated railroad bed at this location. April 22, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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