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2780 Reservoir Avenue
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Walton High School, ca. 1935.
Kingsbridge Armory
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"An elevated railroad station with the Kingsbridge Armory behind it. A streetcar and an automobile are visible on the road, circa 1915." The Kingsbridge Armory was supposedly the largest armory in the world when it was constructed between 1912 and 1917. It remains the largest armory in New York City. Designed by Pilcher and Tachau, the building occupied nearly 5 acres, the main drill floor is 300 by 600 feet, and the style of the structure evokes many of the railroad stations built around the time of its construction. Originally the building housed munitions as well as the Eighth Regiment, once known for their role as the honor guard at George Washington's inauguration. The military functions of the massive building ceased in 1990s when most of the operations were being run out of a different building, though one small National Guard unit still uses one of the armory annex buildings. In 2013 a proposal was announced to create the world's largest indoor ice center within the armory but as of the start of 2017 the work had still not begun.
Lundin's Bronx
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In the middle of the 20th century, Wigorot Lundin began making prints of the New York Transit Authority's photographic negatives. Taken in the 1910s and 20s, the photographs show a city in transition, expanding with the advent of new technology. Lundin's Bronx photographs display a borough, growing and consolidating as it becomes further interwoven with transit.
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Kingsbridge Armory
\[Jerome Avenue: IRT Woodlawn/Jerome Avenue Line] Subway Construction survey photograph shows Jerome Avenue prior to construction of the Kingsbridge Road Station on the Woodlawn/ Jerome Avenue Line. Photograph also shows the Union Avenue Railway's Jerome Avenue trolley line and the Kingsbridge Armory under construction.
Kingsbridge Armory
\[Kingsbridge Road: IRT Woodlawn/Jerome Avenue Line] Subway Construction survey photograph of Kingsbridge Road at the intersection of Jerome Avenue prior to the construction of Kingsbridge Road Station on the IRT Woodlawn/Jerome Avenue Line. The Kingsbridge Armory is shown under construction on the right.
Kingsbridge Armory
Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue. Armory.
Kingsbridge Armory
Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue. Armory, interior.
Kingsbridge Armory
Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue. New York Armory.
Kingsbridge Armory
8th Coast Artillery Armory
Kingsbridge Armory
Kingsbridge Armory
Municipal Civil Service Commission. Promotion examination from patrolman to sergeant of police, held at the Eighth Coast Artillery Armory, Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue. August 6, 1921.
Kingsbridge Armory
Municipal Civil Service Commission. Promotion examination from patrolman to sergeant of police, held at the Eighth Coast Artillery Armory, Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue. August 6, 1921.
Kingsbridge Armory
Municipal Civil Service Commission. Promotion examination from patrolman to sergeant of police, held at the Eighth Coast Artillery Armory, Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue. August 6, 1921.
Kingsbridge Armory
\[Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road: IND Concourse Line] Survey photograph in the Bronx taken prior to construction of the IND Concourse Line. Logbook reads: Intersection of Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road (south side of Kingsbridge Road). Camera on sidewalk at southwest corner of Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road, looking west, showing general view of intersection, 0+25, 11:18 A.M.
Walton High School
Kingsbridge Armory
Kingsbridge Armory
Bronx 88, State Armory, Eighth Regiment, 29 W. Kingsbridge Road & W. 195th St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Walton High School
Bronx 89, The Walton High School, 2720 Goulden Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Kingsbridge Armory
Bronx: Jerome Avenue - 195th Street (West) Jerome Ave., at the S.W. corner of West 195th Street, showing part of the 258th Field Artillery Armory under repair by the W.P.A. The view is southward on Jerome Ave. March 4, 1937. Works Progress Administration. City Wide Project Photo.
Kingsbridge Armory
Bronx: Jerome Avenue - 195th Street Jerome Ave., at the S.W. corner of West 195th Street, showing part of the 258th Field Artillery Armory undergoing repairs by the W.P.A. 1937\. Works Progress Administration. City Wide Project Photo.
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