1931

Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 177th Street (West)

Riverside Drive, south from a point on a line with West 177th Street (left) showing the area to the south of the new George Washington Bridge (approaches under construction at this date). The apartment houses appearing on the bluff face on Haven Avenue. Note the frame dwelling remaining. This is between 173rd and 175th Streets and stands in (present) J. Hood Wright Park. For individual pictures of same, see files under that classification. To the extreme right appears the white buildings comprising the Cornell University--Presbyterian Hospital Center (Cornell Medical Center). September 29, 1931 Views 1-2-3 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection