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West 133rd Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan

4 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 133rd Street (West) - Park Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 133rd Street (West) - Park Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 133rd Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 133rd Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 133rd Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 133rd Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 133rd Street (West) - Park Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 133rd Street (West) - Park Avenue

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Park Avenue - 133rd Street (East), 1936

Photo 2 of 4 at West 133rd Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 133rd Street (East)

1936

Park Ave., west side, north from, and including East 133rd to 135th Street, showing the Central Coal Co. coal bins at the Harlem River. Also shown, is No. 1980, a 5-story tenement house (foreground), at the N.W. corner of East 133rd Street, and bearing No. 65 of the latter street. December 16, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

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