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Park Avenue & East 37th Street, Manhattan

20 historical photos taken here between 1902 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - Avenue L, 1902

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - Avenue L

    1902

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1915

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - Avenue L, 1920

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - Avenue L

    1920

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street, 1923

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street

    1923

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1926–1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1926; 1931; 1933; 1937

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1926

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1926

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1926–1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1926; 1931; 1933; 1937

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1926–1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1926; 1931; 1933; 1937

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street, 1929–1935

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street

    1929; 1935

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street, 1929–1935

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street

    1929; 1935

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - Avenue L, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - Avenue L

    1939

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1929–1939

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1929; 1938; 1939

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1929–1939

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1929; 1938; 1939

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1929–1939

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1929; 1938; 1939

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street

    1940

  • Park Avenue - 37th Street, west side, 1940-04-11

    Park Avenue - 37th Street, west side

    1940-04-11

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Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street, 1929–1935

Photo 9 of 20 at Park Avenue & East 37th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street

1929; 1935

(1) Park Avenue, north from and including 38th Street, seen from 37th Street, and showing the west side of the Avenue. The white building on the N.W. corner of 38th Street is the 70 Park Avenue Hotel. Above it is the Princeton Club on the N.W. corner of 39th Street, and the Murray Hill Hotel from 40th to 41st Streets. The Hotel Belmont, rising behind the Murray Hill, is to be demolished in 1931, as are the buildings on the S.W. corner of 40th Street. To the left of the Belmont may be seen part of the old Lincoln Bank Building about to be demolished to make way for the new Lincoln Building at 60 East 42nd Street. The avenue is cut off by the Grand Central Station, with the New York Central Building rising directly behind it. March 10, 1929. P. L. Sperr, Photographer. (2) The same, but also showing the east side of the Avenue, and a close view of the center parks as they have appeared since modernization in 1923. Compare this with the 1929 picture on this mount. The Lincoln Building towers behind the Princeton Club and the Murray Hill Hotel. The buildings on the S.W. corner of 39th Street, demolished 1933, have been replaced by a parking place for automobiles -- the wire fence is visible to a sharp eye. The old houses on the S.W. corner of 40th Street were replaced in 1933 by the low, white commercial structure visible between the Princeton Club and the Murray Hill Hotel. On the east side of the Avenue the houses on the N.W. corner of 39th Street have been demolished, but the Little House, which replaces them, is set back too far from the street to be visible in this picture. March 22, 1935. P. L. Sperr, Photographer.

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