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[Peck & Hills building before demolition, 214 East 34th Street.]

IMAGE DATE1985
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34th Street, viewed from the exit of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, ca. 1985.

This is the view that greeted motorists entering Manhattan via the Queens-Midtown tunnel: the dilapidated remains of No. 214 East 34th Street, the former “Furniture Exhibition Building.”

Today, a new building has replaced No. 214, but the 34th Street sign (upper right) remains.

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