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Manhattan Avenue looking east from Norman Avenue, Hilton Estate, Long Island City, Queens, undated. Trolley approaching. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

1920

688 Manhattan Avenue

Manhattan Avenue looking east from Norman Avenue, Hilton Estate, Long Island City, Queens, undated. Trolley approaching. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

IMAGE DATE1920
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While much of this view had changed (namely the disappearance of the wood-frame structures at right), two large buildings in this circa 1915 view remain. They are the four-story wood-frame at left (no. 688) and the ornate brick and terra cotta five-story building (no. 680) next door.

While the plots at right are now home to more modern buildings, just down the block at 702-708 Manhattan Avenue, one can see surviving building much like those lost here.

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