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47th Avenue & 45th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: 47th Avenue - 45th Street, 1927

    Queens: 47th Avenue - 45th Street

    1927

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Queens: 47th Avenue - 45th Street, 1927

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Queens: 47th Avenue - 45th Street

1927

47th Avenue, south side, from 46th (left) to 45th Streets, showing the Gravada Apartments, built by the Park National Corporation. About 1927

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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