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5th Avenue & 78th Street, Manhattan

9 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street, 1910

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street

    1910

  • Manhattan: 78th Street - 5th Avenue, 1922

    Manhattan: 78th Street - 5th Avenue

    1922

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street, 1925–1937

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street

    1925; 1937

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street, 1920–1937

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 78th Street

    1920; 1937

  • Manhattan: 78th Street (East) - 5th Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 78th Street (East) - 5th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 78th Street (East) - 5th Avenue., 1938

    Manhattan: 78th Street (East) - 5th Avenue.

    1938

  • Manhattan: 78th Street (East) - [5th Avenue.], 1938

    Manhattan: 78th Street (East) - [5th Avenue.]

    1938

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Manhattan: 78th Street (East) - 5th Avenue., 1938

Photo 8 of 9 at 5th Avenue & 78th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 78th Street (East) - 5th Avenue.

1938

4 East 78th Street, south side, east of Fifth Avenue (right). Adjacent to the brownstone enumerated is a clearance that forms an "El" to provide a frontage on the Avenue, between 78th and 78th Streets. The apartment house to rise here is the Kensington. The former home of Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff stood here from about 1901. Occupying the corner locations are the 16 story No. 960 Fifth Avenue and the darker 15.story No. 969. The latter is of recent construction, the former dating from 1926 when the mansion of Senator Wm. A. Clark was razed. This structure was of contemporary erection to the Schiff home. January 20, 1938 Berenice Abbott, photo Federal Art Project

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