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Queens Boulevard and 82nd Avenue
Queens Boulevard and 82nd Avenue

Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

Flushing Meadow Park (Queens): A general view north across the Flushing meadows from Queens Boulevard, at 82nd Avenue, showing the site of the New York World's Fair 1939-40. Note the car yards of the Independent System Subway, at the lower end of the
park.

Vtew 2 is northeastward across the artificially created lakes, which later became part of the Fair's amusement center,
from Grand Central Parkway and 76th Road.

View 1: June 29, 1936
View 2: February 10, 1937

P. L. Sperr

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