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The playground in Inwood Park, taken in 1977.
--Submitted by Frank Yannaco
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Here's a view of the "C Rock" from Inwood Park in 1977.
--Submitted by Frank Yannaco
Editor's Note: The "C" on that rock denotes Columbia University.
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This was the Bill Graham's Fillmore East on Second Avenue in the
East Village in 1971. We spend many a night there and feasted
next door at Ratner's after a late-night concert and the
accompanying bout of the hungries.
--Submitted by Steve "Sonny" Stein
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This was the Ninth Avenue El station at Christopher and
Greenwich Streets in 1936.
--Submitted by Greg W.
Editor's Note: In the background you can see the New York Central elevated railroad that ran above Washington Street, what is now High Line Park in the meat packing district.
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Here's Inwood Plaza where Broadway, Dyckman Street and Riverside
Drive all converge. This picture was taken during the
Depression in 1936 when WPA work was being performed on public
sites all over the country.
--Submitted by Gerry McHugh
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Post Avenue where it meets Dyckman Street. This picture was
taken in 1926. Woolworth's was a neighborhood icon for many
decades.
--Submitted by Gerry McHugh
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This was Lewis Avenue on the lower east side in 1939. The
picture was taken looking south from Delancy Street, where the
entrance to the Williamsburgh Bridge would be overhead.
--Submitted by Allan B.
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Corner of Christopher and Bleeker Streets in 1936. Remember
those mailboxes that were attached to the lampposts?
--Submitted by Allan B.
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This was Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park in 1968.
--Submitted by Owen Kaminoff
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This was the Washington Square Arch and surrounding NYU Campus
and Greenwich Village area in 1968. This photo was taken with
a telephoto lens from Empire State Building observation deck.
--Submitted by Owen Kaminoff
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