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Broadway & West 87th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - 87th Street (West), 1901

    Manhattan: Broadway - 87th Street (West)

    1901

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Broadway - 87th Street (West), 1901

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Manhattan: Broadway - 87th Street (West)

1901

Broadway, north from West 87th Street, showing construction work in progress on the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. subway. The 7-story building on the left is the Metropolitan Apartments, at the S.W. corner of West 88th Street. March 19, 1901. Board of Transportation. Photograph. William B. Parsons Collection.

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