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East 29th Street and Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South)
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[4th Avenue and 29th Street: IRT East Side Line]

Showing cut-and-cover construction at 4th Avenue and 29th Street in Manhattan, NY. Camera at star. 134+27, south of 26th Street, and 18 feet north of east line of 4th Avenue. View facing north.Trolley tracks are visible on street.

1901

East 29th Street and Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South)

[4th Avenue and 29th Street: IRT East Side Line]

Showing cut-and-cover construction at 4th Avenue and 29th Street in Manhattan, NY. Camera at star. 134+27, south of 26th Street, and 18 feet north of east line of 4th Avenue. View facing north.Trolley tracks are visible on street.

IMAGE DATE1901
FromNew York Transit Museum logoNew York Transit Museum

Southward view of Fourth Avenue, from East 29th Street, during the construction of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, April 2, 1901.

The crossing in the foreground is East 29th Street. The towers in the middle-distance at center-left are atop Madison Square Garden, between East 26th and 27th Streets.

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