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Riverside Drive & 79th Street, Manhattan

58 historical photos taken here between 1908 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • The Riverdale, (southeast corner of Riverside Drive and 79th Street)., 1908

    The Riverdale, (southeast corner of Riverside Drive and 79th Street).

    1908

  • The Riverdale. Southeast Corner of Riverside Drive and Seventy-ninth Street., 1910-03

    The Riverdale. Southeast Corner of Riverside Drive and Seventy-ninth Street.

    1910-03

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West)., 1924–1928

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1924; 1928

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West)., 1924–1928

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1924; 1928

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West)., 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West)., 1931–1934

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1931; 1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West)., 1931–1934

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1931; 1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West)., 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West)., 1931–1934

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1931; 1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West)., 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1931

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932–1933

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932; 1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932; 1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932; 1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine

    1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine

    1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1933

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine

    1933

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West) - [Aerial view.]

    1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

    1934

  • West Side Improvement Project.

    1937

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - 79th Street (West).

    1938

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Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street, 1931

Photo 11 of 58 at Riverside Drive & 79th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 79th Street

1931

Riverside Park: A set of 3 views of the crossing at 79th Street, as viewed from different angles. At the completion of the West Side Improvement Project these tracks of the New York Central Railroad will disappear from view, being enclosed in an embankment, the roof of which will provide an automotive causeway. July 11, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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