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Park Avenue & 35th Street, Manhattan

25 historical photos taken here between 1890 and 1944, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street (East), 1890

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street (East)

    1890

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1890

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1890

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street (East), 1892

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street (East)

    1892

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street (East), 1924–1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street (East)

    1924; 1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street (East), 1924–1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street (East)

    1924; 1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1929; 1931; 1938

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1929; 1931; 1938

  • Manhattan: 35th Street - Park Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 35th Street - Park Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1929–1938

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1929; 1931; 1938

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 35th Street - Park Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 35th Street - Park Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 35th Street - Park Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 35th Street - Park Avenue

    1931

  • General view - [Manhattan - Park Avenue - 35th Street (Northwest).], 1931

    General view - [Manhattan - Park Avenue - 35th Street (Northwest).]

    1931

  • Manhattan: 35th Street - Avenue R, 1931–1934

    Manhattan: 35th Street - Avenue R

    1931; 1934

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 35th Street - Park Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 35th Street - Park Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 35th Street - Avenue R, 1931–1934

    Manhattan: 35th Street - Avenue R

    1931; 1934

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 35th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 35th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1938

  • Park Avenue #21-31, 1944-10-25

    Park Avenue #21-31

    1944-10-25

  • Park Avenue #20

    Park Avenue #20

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R

    Manhattan: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street, 1929

Photo 7 of 25 at Park Avenue & 35th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 35th Street

1929

(1) Park Ave., east side, north from 35th Street, showing the old Robb mansion, occupied since 1922 by the Advertising Club, on the N.E. corner of 35th Street. At the S.E. corner of 37th Street may be noted the 9-story apartment built in 1923 on the site of the old Judge Russell house, and behind it, on the horizon, the towering Chanin Building recently erected at Lexington Ave. and 42nd Street. In the left background may be seen the Grand Central Station and the New York Central Building (1928) beyond it. March 27, 1929. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, exclusive of the N.E. corner of East 35th Street. February 19, 1929. P. L. Sperr. According to the New York Times of October 18, 1937, No. 29 Park Ave. (third building from right in No. 2) has been purchased by the Association for the Improvement of the Poor (A.I.C.P.) and will be utilized as a dental clinic to replace the present clinic on the N.E. corner of Lexington Ave. and East 22nd Street, which will be demolished for an addition to the Childrens Court. No. 29, was erected in 1908 by Mrs. A. Murray Young, as a copy of a London Residence.

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