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

Photo 5 of 8 at Riverside Drive & West 177th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West)

1931

Riverside Drive, south from a point on a line with West 177th Street (left) showing the area to the south of the new George Washington Bridge (approaches under construction at this date). The apartment houses appearing on the bluff face on Haven Avenue. Note the frame dwelling remaining. This is between 173rd and 175th Streets and stands in (present) J. Hood Wright Park. For individual pictures of same, see files under that classification. To the extreme right appears the white buildings comprising the Cornell University--Presbyterian Hospital Center (Cornell Medical Center). Sept. 29, 1931 P. L. Sperr, photographer

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