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Park Avenue & East 54th Street, Manhattan

11 historical photos taken here between 1912 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 54th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 54th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street, 1913

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street

    1913

  • No. 405 Park Avenue. Northeast Corner Fifty-fourth Street., 1913

    No. 405 Park Avenue. Northeast Corner Fifty-fourth Street.

    1913

  • Manhattan: 54th Street - Park Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 54th Street - Park Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 54th Street - Park Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 54th Street - Park Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street (East), 1928–1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street (East)

    1928; 1931; 1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 55th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 55th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street, 1913

Photo 2 of 11 at Park Avenue & East 54th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 54th Street

1913

401 Park Avenue, at N. E. corner of 54th Street, showing a newly completed prize-winning apartment house, 12 stories tall. On the further side of the garage, which will stay, another apartment house will be erected in 1916. Note the temporary wooden fence. The railroad tracks have been electrified and covered over, but the center parks have not yet been constructed. 1913. Wurts Bros., Photographers.. Gift of E.M. Jenks.

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