Skip to main content
VVestiges of New York49,000+ historical photos
MapBrowseAboutGet the iPhone app (opens the App Store)
  1. Browse /
  2. Manhattan /
  3. This place

East 68th Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan

16 historical photos taken here between 1880 and 1939, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue., ca. 1880

    Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue.

    ca. 1880

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street, 1927–1939

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street

    1927; 1936; 1939

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street (East), 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street (East)

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street (East), 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street (East)

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street (East), 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street (East)

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street (East), 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 68th Street (East)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1937–1938

    Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1937–1938

    Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1937–1938

    Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1937–1938

    Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1937–1938

    Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1937–1938

    Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Park Avenue - 68th Street - 69th Street, east side

    Park Avenue - 68th Street - 69th Street, east side

    Unknown

Stand where these photos were taken

The free OldNYC app for iPhone centers the map on you and shows the historical photos taken closest to where you are.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone

Nearby places

  • Park Avenue & 69th Street, Manhattan (12 photos)
  • East 68th Street & Madison Avenue, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • Park Avenue & 67th Street, Manhattan (7 photos)
  • Madison Avenue & 70th Street, Manhattan (18 photos)
  • 70th Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan (11 photos)
  • East 69th Street & Madison Avenue, Manhattan (7 photos)
  • Madison Avenue & 67th Street, Manhattan (4 photos)
  • 71st Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan (14 photos)

Explore

  • Map
  • Browse by place
  • Browse by decade

Boroughs

  • Manhattan
  • Brooklyn
  • Queens
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island

About

  • About and contact
  • Privacy

Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

OldNYC for iPhone

Find the historical photos taken closest to where you stand.

Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store
Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1937–1938

Photo 15 of 16 at East 68th Street & Park Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 68th Street (East) - Park Avenue

1937; 1938

East 68th Street, north side, east from Park, to Lexington Avenue, showing the old Hunter College Bldg. and the newer annex. The former is now demolished (July 1938) and upon this site will rise a new and modern school plant. For further data see other views in the files. June 12, 1937 P.L. Sperr, (2&3) Two additional views of the same area at a later date showing the clearance on the westerly half of this block. To the extreme left are residential structures on the north side of East 69th Street. April 25, 1938 Views 2 and 3 P.L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

See this spot on the mapView on NYPL Digital Collections (opens in a new tab)

See this photo in high resolution

Zoom into the full-resolution scan in the OldNYC app for iPhone with OldNYC Supporter ($4.99). The free app also centers the map on you, so you can find the photos taken closest to where you stand.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone