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West 137th Street & Lenox Avenue, Manhattan

8 historical photos taken here between 1924 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • 140 West 137th Street (7th Avenue - Lenox Avenue), 1924

    140 West 137th Street (7th Avenue - Lenox Avenue)

    1924

  • 140 West 137th Street (7th Avenue - Lenox Avenue), 1925-08-15

    140 West 137th Street (7th Avenue - Lenox Avenue)

    1925-08-15

  • Manhattan: 137th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 137th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 136th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 136th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 137th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 137th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 137th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 137th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 136th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 136th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 136th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 136th Street (West)

    1937

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Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 136th Street (West), 1937

Photo 8 of 8 at West 137th Street & Lenox Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: Lenox Avenue - 136th Street (West)

1937

Lenox Avenue, east side, from W. 136th to 137th Streets, showing roof top of a Harlem Hospital unit prior to improvement by the Works Progress Administration. Note the Bronx County Court House in the loft background. Evidently the photographer is viewing north eastward towards the Harlem River and the Bronx shore, from a point on 136th Street, east of the Avenue. January 6, 1937. W.P.A. City Wide Project

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