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Riverside Drive & Staff Street, Manhattan

2 historical photos taken here in 1928, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - Staff Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - Staff Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - Staff Street

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - Staff Street

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Manhattan: Riverside Drive - Staff Street, 1928

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Manhattan: Riverside Drive - Staff Street

1928

1781 and 1793 Riverside Drive, north side, from Staff (left) to Henshaw (right) Streets, showing two newly constructed apartment houses. Riverside Drive at this point turns eastward to Broadway. About 1928. Edwin Levick.

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