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East 134th Street & Brown Place, Queens

3 historical photos taken here in 1937, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 134th Street (East) - Brown Place, 1937

    Queens: 134th Street (East) - Brown Place

    1937

  • Queens: 134th Street (East) - Brown Place, 1937

    Queens: 134th Street (East) - Brown Place

    1937

  • Queens: 134th Street (East) - Brown Place, 1937

    Queens: 134th Street (East) - Brown Place

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 134th Street (East) - Brown Place, 1937

Photo 1 of 3 at East 134th Street & Brown Place, Queens

Queens: 134th Street (East) - Brown Place

1937

(1) East 134th Street (right, autos thereon), north side, east from Brown Place, showing the cleared area between East 134th and East 135th Streets which is being rebuilt into an approach to the Tri-borough Bridge. The buildings on the left face on the north side of East 135th Street. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from a point slightly westward. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, as seen from St. Anns Ave. The construction of the bridge approach necessitated the demolition of several hundred tenement buildings. P. L. Sperr.

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