1931

Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

(1 & 2) Riverside Park: A set of 2 views at 79th Street, showing the tracks of the New York Central Railroad that are between the Drive (buildings thereon) and the North River. These will be covered over and the marginal lands landscaped under a joint project of the Park Department and the Railroad Company which will be completed and opened to the public in late 1937. July 11, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same area, photographer being at about 75th Street and showing the tracks entering the yards below 72nd Street. Note the buildings on the latter street which form an ell at the southern extremity of the Drive. July 11, 1931. P. L. Sperr. view 1 - Neg.# 1782 view 2 view 3

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection