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West End Avenue & West 62nd Street, Manhattan

4 historical photos taken here between 1930 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 62nd Street (West), 1930

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 62nd Street (West)

    1930

  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 62nd Street (West), 1930

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 62nd Street (West)

    1930

  • Tenement row, S. Haywood Delicatessen, Marion beer garden: 236 W. 62nd Street-Amsterdam-West End, Manhattan, 1936

    Tenement row, S. Haywood Delicatessen, Marion beer garden: 236 W. 62nd Street-Amsterdam-West End, Manhattan

    1936

  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 62nd Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 62nd Street (West)

    1937

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Manhattan: West End Avenue - 62nd Street (West), 1930

Photo 1 of 4 at West End Avenue & West 62nd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: West End Avenue - 62nd Street (West)

1930

(1) West End Ave., west side, north from West 62nd to 64th Streets. (Ave. not shown; it being on the extreme right. The view shows the excavation of buildings on this side, for the enlargement of the N.Y.C.R.R. yards. March 19, 1930. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, further northward. Building shown in the center, is on the S.W. corner of West 64th Street and West End Ave., and will also be demolished. March 19, 1930. P. L. Sperr.

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