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Metropolitan Avenue & 62nd Street, Queens

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  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 62nd Street, 1922

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 62nd Street

    1922

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Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 62nd Street, 1922

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Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 62nd Street

1922

Metropolitan Avenue (formerly numbered from fore to background 1643 to 1633), north side, west from 64th Street, to 62nd Street. In the center of the view are two peaked roof structures erected in 1885 and 1891 respectively and known as Charles Langen's Hotel. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection 1922

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