Manhattan: Central Park - Drives

(1) Central Park: The West Drive, Central Park West, from 71st to 73rd Streets, in the background. The apartment buildings shown are the old Majestic and the Dakota, on either side of 72nd Street.

Notice the tree full of pigeons. Autumn, 1923.

P.L. Sperr.

(2) The West Drive, part of the exit branch for southbound traffic leaving the park at 72nd Street. In the background is Central Park West from 73rd to 72nd Streets, inclusive. May 17, 1933.

P.L. Sperr.

(3) The West Drive, near the Lake, showing Central Park West from 76th to 71st Streets. The buildings shown, from right to left, are the Church of the Divine Paternity (Universalist), the Kenilworth apartment house, the new San Remo, the Langham, the Dakota (the oldest in the picture), and the new Majestic. May 17, 1933.

P.L. Sperr.
Negative #1775