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West 87th Street & West End Avenue, Manhattan

5 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1913, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 88th Street (West), 1910

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 88th Street (West)

    1910

  • Manhattan: 87th Street (West) - West End Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 87th Street (West) - West End Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 87th Street (West) - West End Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 87th Street (West) - West End Avenue

    1912

  • No. 562 West End Avenue. Between Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Streets., 1913

    No. 562 West End Avenue. Between Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Streets.

    1913

  • 565 West End Avenue - West 87th Street

    565 West End Avenue - West 87th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: West End Avenue - 88th Street (West), 1910

Photo 1 of 5 at West 87th Street & West End Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: West End Avenue - 88th Street (West)

1910

(1) 587-89 and 591-95 West End Avenue, west side, between 88th and 89th Streets. The maid is standing in the kitchen door of 585. These houses were built in the late 1880's. 591-97 will be replaced in 1924 by a fifteen story apartment building, and 581-89 will be similarly replaced before 1930. About 1910. (2) 587-89 and 591 West End Avenue, between 88th and 89th Streets, showing the front door of 593. This is a closer view of 587-89-91 than in the above picture. About 1910.

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