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Vanderbilt Avenue & 45th Street, Manhattan

6 historical photos taken here between 1919 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Vanderbilt Avenue - 45th Street, 1919

    Manhattan: Vanderbilt Avenue - 45th Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: Vanderbilt Avenue - 45th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Vanderbilt Avenue - 45th Street

    1927

  • General view - Midtown Manhattan - East 40s., 1927–1928

    General view - Midtown Manhattan - East 40s.

    1927; 1928

  • General view - Midtown Manhattan - East 40s., 1927–1928

    General view - Midtown Manhattan - East 40s.

    1927; 1928

  • General view - Midtown Manhattan - East 40s., 1927–1928

    General view - Midtown Manhattan - East 40s.

    1927; 1928

  • 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (East 44th Street - East 45th Street)

    50 Vanderbilt Avenue (East 44th Street - East 45th Street)

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Manhattan: Vanderbilt Avenue - 45th Street, 1927

Photo 2 of 6 at Vanderbilt Avenue & 45th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Vanderbilt Avenue - 45th Street

1927

Hotel Roosevelt, Vanderbilt Avenue on west side; from 46th to 45th Streets, seen from the north side of 46th Street east of Park Avenue. This is a view which it will be impossible again to obtain from this position, as the new New York Central Building, occupying an entire block, is beginning to rise in the foreground. The Hotel Roosevelt occupies the entire block, from Vanderbilt to Madison Avenues. It was opened in September 1924. October 12, 1927. P. L. Sperr, Photographer.

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