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7th Avenue & West 16th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 16th Street (West), 1911

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 16th Street (West)

    1911

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Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 16th Street (West), 1911

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Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 16th Street (West)

1911

116 to 100 Seventh Ave., west side, south from West 17th to 16th Streets, showing prominently a 12-story loft building, bearing No. 110-106 Seventh Ave. and No. 206 West 17th Street. Partially shown on the extreme right is No. 118 Seventh Ave., a 5-story structure at the N.W. corner of West 17th Street. October 1911. Gift of E.M. Jenks.

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