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West 127th Street & Lawrence Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 127th Street (West) - Lawrence Street, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 127th Street (West) - Lawrence Street

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 127th Street (West) - Lawrence Street, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 127th Street (West) - Lawrence Street

    1932; 1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 127th Street (West) - Lawrence Street, 1932–1934

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Manhattan: 127th Street (West) - Lawrence Street

1932; 1934

422-420 West 127th Street, south side, east of Lawrence Street. No. 420 is a three-story frame house with a brick wall up to the first story. No. 422 has a one-story frame shack in the front with a two-story house connecting in the rear. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 369. The same view at a later date. Note the 1-story frame house at No. 422 replaced with one of brick. June 21, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

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