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Gramercy Park South & Irving Place, Manhattan

13 historical photos taken here between 1905 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1905

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1905

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1909

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1909

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1925

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1925

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - 3rd Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - 3rd Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1932

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1932

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1932

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1932

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1932

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1932

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1938

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

    1938

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Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place, 1932

Photo 10 of 13 at Gramercy Park South & Irving Place, Manhattan

Manhattan: Gramercy Park South - Irving Place

1932

Gramercy Park South (extreme foreground), north side, at the head of Irving Place, showing the main gate to Gramercy Park, and across a view northward of Lexington Ave., from Gramercy Park North, (where it begins). The statue appearing in the center of the Park is that of Edwin Booth in the role of 'Prince Hamlet', which was sculptured by Edmond T. Quinn. Shown in the background is the Chrysler Building (right) and Chanin Building on upper Lexington Ave., at East 42nd Street. July 11, 1932. New York Edison Company. Give credit.

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