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St. Nicholas Avenue & 137th Street, Manhattan

2 historical photos taken here between 1934 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 137th Street, 1934

    Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 137th Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 137th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 137th Street (West)

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 137th Street (West), 1936

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Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 137th Street (West)

1936

St. Nicholas Ave., east side, south from and including West 138th, to and including West 137th Streets, showing St. Mark's Church (P.E.). The church extends east to Edgecombe Ave. (extreme left) and south on Edgecombe Ave. to West 137th Street. Also shown (extreme right) is a portion of Public School No. 136, at the S.E. corner of Edgecombe Ave., and West 136th Street, and to its left No. 26 Edgecombe Ave., a 3-story house at the N.E. corner of West 136th Street. 1936. W.P.A. Photo. Federal Writers Project.

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