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Broadway & 60th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: Broadway - 60th Street, 1931

    Queens: Broadway - 60th Street

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Broadway - 60th Street, 1931

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Queens: Broadway - 60th Street

1931

Broadway, east from 60th Street. The Independent System Subway is being built below the street level. P. L. Sperr October 27, 1931

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