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Broadway & West 228th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - 228th Street (West), 1927

    Manhattan: Broadway - 228th Street (West)

    1927

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Manhattan: Broadway - 228th Street (West), 1927

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Manhattan: Broadway - 228th Street (West)

1927

Broadway, west side, north from West 228th Street, and showing the west side I.R.T. subway line, running northward thereon and to the Borough of the Bronx. The workers shown, are at the S.W. corner of the first mentioned point, at which location a new apartment is being constructed. The 1-story garages are at the N.W. corner of same. October 27, 1927. P. L. Sperr.

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