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Wadsworth Avenue & West 183rd Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 183rd Street (West), 1934

    Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 183rd Street (West)

    1934

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Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 183rd Street (West), 1934

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Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 183rd Street (West)

1934

Wadsworth Avenue, west side, north from W. 183rd (left, not seen) to 184th (right) Streets, showing at the S.W. corner of the latter point, the Wadsworth Avenue Baptist Church (corner stone laid in June, 1925), as photographed from the S.E. corner of this Avenue and 183rd Street. The 6 story apartment at the left is No. 200-202 Wadsworth Avenue. A portion of the Paul Jones appears just beyond the church. This bears Nos. 220-234 Wadsworth Avenue and occupies the entire 184th - 185th Street frontage. November 3, 1934 P. L. Sperr

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