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Park Avenue & 132nd Street, Manhattan

6 historical photos taken here between 1936 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street (East), 1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street (East)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 131st Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 131st Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street, 1936

Photo 1 of 6 at Park Avenue & 132nd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 132nd Street

1936

Park Ave., west side, north from, and including East 132nd Street, showing (extreme right), a portion of the N.Y. Central R.R. elevated structure, which, at this point, makes a sharp bend eastward, and heads across the Harlem River. December 16, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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