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East 89th Street & Seaside Avenue, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Seaside Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Seaside Avenue

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Seaside Avenue, 1931

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Manhattan: 89th Street (East) - Seaside Avenue

1931

Thrift House Playground 516 E. 89th St. Evoluion from vacant lot to playground. The extreme right foreground shows the "before" condition; the left foreground - after treatment by E.W.A. men. Photo by Mr. A. Tennyson Beals Emergency Work Bureau 1931

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