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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 (East), 1936

Photo 13 of 20 at Park Avenue & East 37th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 37th Street (East)

1936

Park Ave., west side, south from but not including East 40th to East 37th Streets, showing W.P.A. employees engaged in converting the former railroad and afterward street car tunnel under Park Ave. for vehicular use. The 4-story building (No. 86 Park Ave., at the N.W. corner of East 39th Street) prominently shown on the right, is the Princeton Club. May 6, 1936. W.P.A. Photo. Federal Art Project.

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