1936

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 150th Street

Seventh Ave., north from about West 150th Street, to the Central Bridge West 155th Street. A panoramic view of the new U.S. Government slum clearance and housing project in Harlem; a local subdivision of Manhattan and bordering onto the Harlem River. This scene consists of 3 views; each a continuation of the other, and showing mainly the development on the east side of Seventh Ave. View No. 1 being mainly the area comprising 152nd to 155th Streets; view No. 2, 151st to 152nd Street; and view No. 3, 151st to 150th Street. West 150th Street is the northern boundry of the Interborough Rapid Transit Car Yard. Across the Harlem River is shown the Borough of Bronx, with the Yankee Stadium south of the bridge. September 19, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection