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Madison Avenue & 122nd Street, Manhattan

6 historical photos taken here between 1932 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 123rd Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 123rd Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 123rd Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 123rd Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street, 1938

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street

    1938

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street, 1938

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street

    1938

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street, 1938

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street

    1938

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Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street, 1938

Photo 4 of 6 at Madison Avenue & 122nd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 122nd Street

1938

Madison Avenue, east side, south from E. 123rd (left of view 1) to 120th (right of View 3) Streets, showing several blocks of brown stone dwellings facing on Mount Morris Park. View No. 1 shows the 123rd to 122nd Street block; No. 2 an extensive view southward from 122nd Street; and No. 3, the 121st to 120th Street block. Shown at the N.E. corner of this thoroughfare and E. 121st Street is the Russian Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour. Upon this site formerly stood a one story structure listed in Bromleys Atlas of New York of 1922 as the property of the Knights of Columbus. August 24, 1938. Views 1,2 and 3. P.L. Sperr

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