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Cabrini Boulevard & West 181st Street, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1937 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Apartment building with stores; Riverview Tavern, Gristede Bros: W. 181st St Northern Av (Cabrini Blvd), Manhattan, 1937

    Apartment building with stores; Riverview Tavern, Gristede Bros: W. 181st St Northern Av (Cabrini Blvd), Manhattan

    1937

  • View of W. 181st St from Northern Av (Cabrini Blvd): W. 181st St Northern Av (Cabrini Blvd), Manhattan, 1937

    View of W. 181st St from Northern Av (Cabrini Blvd): W. 181st St Northern Av (Cabrini Blvd), Manhattan

    1937

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street

    Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West), 1938

Photo 5 of 12 at Cabrini Boulevard & West 181st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Cabrini Boulevard - 181st Street (West)

1938

Cabrini Blvd, west side, north of W. 181st Street, showing at that location the estate and castle of Dr. Chas. V. Paterno. The photographer is viewing southward to show same and the North (Hudson) River overshadowed by the new George Washington Bridge. No.3 is a northward view to the River thru the arboraceous loggia lining the bluff. August 23, 1938. Views 1,2 and 3 P. L. Sperr

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