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Lenox Avenue & 142nd Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 142nd Street, 1916

    Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 142nd Street

    1916

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Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 142nd Street, 1916

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Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 142nd Street

1916

646-648 Lenox Avenue, east side, between 142nd and 143rd Streets. 1916.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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