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Riverside Drive & West 177th Street, Manhattan

8 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street (West), 1932

    Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street (West)

    1932

  • Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street (West), 1932

    Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street (West)

    1932

  • Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street (West), 1934

    Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street (West)

    1934

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Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street, 1927

Photo 1 of 8 at Riverside Drive & West 177th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Haven Avenue - 173rd Street

1927

Haven Avenue, east side, from 173rd to 176th Streets. The house in the foreground is the old farmhouse of A. F. Smith, who had a six and one-half acre farm here. The main body of the house probably does not antedate 1870, although it was preceded by an earlier structure on the same site. The little brick wing on the south was added between 1902 and 1910. The little house farther along on the avenue is the modernized house standing on the old Howland farm, which adjoined the Smith farm on the north. The apartment houses beyond, on the S.E. corner of 176th Street, were built around 1924. Around 1910, Haven Avenue used to be known as Buena Vista Avenue. May 27, 1927. P. L. Sperr. The same, more than seven years later. The two old houses have been demolished; and the land is being cleared and made over into a park to be called J. Hood Wright Park. October 30, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

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