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West 153rd Street & Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 153rd Street (West) - Amsterdam Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 153rd Street (West) - Amsterdam Avenue

    1932

  • Amsterdam Avenue at 152nd Street and 153rd Street, East side to North, Manhattan, 1940-05-19

    Amsterdam Avenue at 152nd Street and 153rd Street, East side to North, Manhattan

    1940-05-19

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 153rd Street (West) - Amsterdam Avenue, 1932

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Manhattan: 153rd Street (West) - Amsterdam Avenue

1932

526-500 West 153rd Street, west of, adjoining, and at the S.W. corner of Amsterdam Avenue. St. Catherine's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory adjoins the corner; the Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church is at the corner. The rest of the buildings on this block are all three-story frame houses. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 377.

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