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    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 93rd St. E.

    1935

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Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 93rd St. E., 1935

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Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 93rd St. E.

1935

First Ave., east side, north from and including East 93rd Street. Prominent building shown, is an electric generating station for the Cons. Gas Co. September 23, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

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