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Academy Street & West 201st Street, Manhattan

8 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (East), 1927–1937

    Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (East)

    1927; 1937

  • Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (East), 1927–1937

    Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (East)

    1927; 1937

  • Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (West), 1929–1932

    Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (West)

    1929; 1932

  • Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (West), 1929–1932

    Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (West)

    1929; 1932

  • Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (West), 1929–1932

    Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (West)

    1929; 1932

  • Harlem River - Manhattan - Sherman Creek - West 201st and Academy Streets., 1933

    Harlem River - Manhattan - Sherman Creek - West 201st and Academy Streets.

    1933

  • Harlem River - Manhattan - Sherman Creek - West 201st and Academy Streets., 1933

    Harlem River - Manhattan - Sherman Creek - West 201st and Academy Streets.

    1933

  • Harlem River - Manhattan - Sherman Creek - West 201st and Academy Streets., 1933

    Harlem River - Manhattan - Sherman Creek - West 201st and Academy Streets.

    1933

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (West), 1929–1932

Photo 3 of 8 at Academy Street & West 201st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Academy Street - 201st Street (West)

1929; 1932

(1) Academy Street, east from, and including West 201st Street, to and including the Harlem River. The view shows the Power Plant of the United Electric Light and Power Co. June 8, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, at a later date, from a point slightly eastward as seen across Sherman Creek (an inlet of the Harlem River) from Dyckman Street. In the background appear houses on the west shore of the Borough of the Bronx, across the Harlem River. April 20, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (3) Academy Street, and East along Harlem River Driveway. George L. Balgue, September 1929.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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