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Lexington Ave. & 50th/51st Sts., 2/18/1915

"Route 5, Section 7. Feb. 18, 1915 Lex. Ave. 50-51st St. Camera at Sta. 239+43 and 5' west of E. curb. Looking North showing decking on Lex. Ave. Time 11.07 A.M. Menke-Weiss, Pullis-Manchester" An exterior photograph displaying Lexington Avenue at the intersections of 50th and 51st Streets, looking toward the north. Buildings line the avenue, mostly apartment houses, with the Central Synagogue and an unknown church spire visible in the background. Pedestrians can be seen on each side of the street. Automobiles are traveling along the avenue. Street workers can be seen at the right of the image. The avenue is paved with wooden slats at the right and left of streetcar tracks.

1915

Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church

Lexington Ave. & 50th/51st Sts., 2/18/1915

"Route 5, Section 7. Feb. 18, 1915 Lex. Ave. 50-51st St. Camera at Sta. 239+43 and 5' west of E. curb. Looking North showing decking on Lex. Ave. Time 11.07 A.M. Menke-Weiss, Pullis-Manchester" An exterior photograph displaying Lexington Avenue at the intersections of 50th and 51st Streets, looking toward the north. Buildings line the avenue, mostly apartment houses, with the Central Synagogue and an unknown church spire visible in the background. Pedestrians can be seen on each side of the street. Automobiles are traveling along the avenue. Street workers can be seen at the right of the image. The avenue is paved with wooden slats at the right and left of streetcar tracks.

IMAGE DATE1915
FromNew York Transit Museum logoNew York Transit Museum

Lexington Avenue between East 51st and 52nd Streets, February 18, 1915.

At center left is the Lexington Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1861. In 1937, the historically Swedish congregation moved to a new sanctuary on East 62nd Street, known as the Lexington United Methodist Church.

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