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Riverside Drive & 76th Street, Manhattan

4 historical photos taken here between 1879 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 76th Street, 1879

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 76th Street

    1879

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 76th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 76th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - Between 76th and 83rd Streets (West)., 1934

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - Between 76th and 83rd Streets (West).

    1934

  • Manhattan: Riverside Park - Between 76th and 83rd Streets (West)., 1934

    Manhattan: Riverside Park - Between 76th and 83rd Streets (West).

    1934

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Manhattan: Riverside Park - Between 76th and 83rd Streets (West)., 1934

Photo 4 of 4 at Riverside Drive & 76th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Riverside Park - Between 76th and 83rd Streets (West).

1934

Riverside Park: A set of 2 views from 83rd and 76th Streets, southward respectively showing marginal lands and the New York Central Railroad tracks. At 72nd Street the latter enters an open switching yard that is under the elevated vehicular highway shown and better known as the West Side Elevated Highway. Improvements to this, the Railroad and marginal lands will be completed in the Fall of 1937. June 11, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

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