Manhattan: East River Drive - 102nd Street
(1) East River drive, at the eastern end of East 102nd Street, prior to clearance. Also shown is a view westward on 102nd Street. October 17, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) At the same point, and viewing northward to East 103rd Street. Shown in the center is the Harlem Market (Farmers Square). October 17, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) A view northward from East 103rd to 104th Streets. November 8, 1934. P. L. Sperr. According to the New York Times of November 8, 1937, page 25: Commissioner of Parks, Moses proposes the acquisition of a lot 250 x 100 for an approach to a proposed pedestrian bridge to Wards Island. Said lot would be on the north side of East 103rd Street and west of the East River Drive. It appears in these views with a heap of granite thereon.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
