Manhattan: Riverside Park - 81st Street (West).

1929

Manhattan: Riverside Park - 81st Street (West).

Riverside Park: A northward view in same from a point on a line with West 81st Street, showing the marginal lands being filled in preparatory to landscaping. In 1937, civic authorities will throw open to the public this redesigned area in a form difficult to recognize. A brochure was published at that time under the title "The West Side Improvement Project" containing photographs and written matter pertinent to this locality. March 29, 1929. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection