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Park Avenue & 81st Street, Manhattan

5 historical photos taken here between 1889 and 1930, oldest first.

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  • No. 929 Park Avenue. Near Eighty-first Street., 1889

    No. 929 Park Avenue. Near Eighty-first Street.

    1889

  • Manhattan: 81st Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1911

    Manhattan: 81st Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1911

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 81st Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 81st Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 81st Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 81st Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 81st Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 81st Street

    1930

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Manhattan: Park Avenue - 81st Street, 1930

Photo 5 of 5 at Park Avenue & 81st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 81st Street

1930

Park Avenue, south from 81st Street. Note new apartment building on the S. W. corner of 79th Street. The oldest buildings in the foreground are the ones on the N. W. corner of 80th Street, survivals of the pre-apartment house days. 1930. Ewing Galloway, Photographer.

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