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Grand Central Parkway & Alpine Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1938 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue, 1938

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue, 1938

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue, 1938

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 111th Street - 56th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 56th Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue, 1938

Photo 2 of 4 at Grand Central Parkway & Alpine Avenue, Queens

Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

1938

Flushing Meadow Park: (Worlds Fair Grounds). Three views showing the Tower completed and the Sphere under construction. View No. 1 shows the Grand Central Parkway in the foreground and the entrance to the Fair by the Long Island Railroad. Beyond it, in midground of the view are the Administration Buildings. View No. 2 look north east from 111th Street and Fifty-sixth Avenue. View No. 3 shows the sphere practically completed. May 30, 1938. Views 1 and 2 View 3: July 3, 1938. P.L. Sperr View # 3: 4908

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