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Dyckman Street & Nagle Avenue, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - Fairmont Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - Fairmont Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - Fairmont Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - Fairmont Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: Dyckman Street - Nagle Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - Fairmont Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - Fairmont Avenue

    1937

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Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - Fairmont Avenue, 1937

Photo 9 of 9 at Dyckman Street & Nagle Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - Fairmont Avenue

1937

(1) St. Nicholas Avenue, (Formerly Eleventh Avenue), north from Fairview Avenue. At this point the Avenue winds down the hill from Fort George, coming to an end at Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue, Inwood. The apartment buildings shown to the right are rather new. October 6, 1927. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, at a later date. From this point of vantage is seen a magnificent panoramic view of the northernmost sector of Manhattan, north from Dyckman Street extending to Spuyten Duyvil. In the distant background are visible the Palisades of New Jersey. The buildings shown (right foreground) are Nos. 1658-1670 St. Nicholas Ave. (the 2-story building of the Central Shirt Laundry and 672, and 682 Fort George Ave. (the two apartment houses). April 20, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, from a point slightly northward. Note (centre of view) a portion of the Interborough Rapid Transit subway, running at this point on an elevated structure on Nagle Ave. P. L. Sperr. April 20, 1937.

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