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160th Street & Grand Central Parkway, Queens

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  • Queens: 160th Street - Grand Central Parkway, 1929

    Queens: 160th Street - Grand Central Parkway

    1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 160th Street - Grand Central Parkway, 1929

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Queens: 160th Street - Grand Central Parkway

1929

160th Street, at Grand Central Parkway, showing new homes, part of a larger real estate development. About 1929

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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