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East 89th Street & Madison Avenue, Manhattan

3 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • No. 1261 Madison Avenue. Northwest Corner Ninetieth Street., 1910-03

    No. 1261 Madison Avenue. Northwest Corner Ninetieth Street.

    1910-03

  • Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1927

Photo 2 of 3 at East 89th Street & Madison Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

1927

East 89th Street, north side, east from Madison, to Park Aves. The view shows the Beloved Disciple P.E. Church and Rectory. June 21, 1927. P. L. Sperr. The New York Times of August 3, 1939, in a note on the sale of the Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem, at the N. W. corner of Lenox Avenue and W. 123rd Street, refers to the purchase in 1929 of the church building here shown, by the above identified group. These individuals, descendants of the early Dutch, occupied the Lenox Avenue structure from the date of its construction by them; 1886.

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