New York City Through the Lens of Harold Mayer: A Glimpse of the 1960s to 1980s

#1 A playground and high rise in Parkchester, 1956.

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#2 Co-op City shopping center, 1972.

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#3 A Long Island Rail Road train from the Sunnyside Yards, 1972.

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#4 A public housing development, 1956.

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#5 Veterans’ Administration Medical Center, 1976.

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#6 The Cross Bronx Expressway, 1956.

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#7 A dilapidated building and debris, 1975.

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#8 Skyscrapers on Cedar Street, 1973.

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#9 A Lower East Side street scene, 1956.

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#10 A co-op housing development playground, 1977.

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#11 Charleston Street row houses, 1977.

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#12 Waterside apartments on the East River, 1975.

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#13 A street scene on Broadway near Herald Square, 1956.

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#14 A residential street in the Sutton Place neighborhood, 1956.

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#15 A view of the United Nations buildings under construction, 1951.

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#16 A street scene, 1977.

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#17 Theaters along West 42nd Street, 1985.

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#18 The Sheraton Motor Inn on 42nd Street, 1964.

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#19 An uptown residential street, 1956.

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#20 A Midtown street scene, 1985.

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#21 FDR Drive and the Lillian Wald housing development, 1956.

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#22 A city overview from Rockefeller Center’s RCA (GE) building, 1969.

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#23 A view of the Morningside-Manhattanville residential area, 1962.

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#24 Apartment buildings in Washington Heights, 1946.

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#25 A designated children’s “play street” with residential buildings, 1956.

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#26 The Coney Island boardwalk, 1962.

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#27 High rise apartment housing, 1972.

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#28 A view of shops along King’s Highway, 1956.

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#29 A view of residential Pierrepont Street, 1956.

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#30 A view of a residential street, 1956.

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#31 The Kew Gardens residential area, 1956.

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#32 A view of commercial Sutphin Boulevard, 1956.

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#33 Park West Village, 1962.

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#34 Ellis Island National Monument, 1956.

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#35 A view of the USS “Newport News” near Ellis Island in the Upper Bay, 1973.

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#36 A view of the west side Major Deegan Expressway, 1972.

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#37 A view of West Street, Battery Park, and the Upper Bay from the World Trade Center, 1973.

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#38 A view of the Wall Street district and Brooklyn piers, 1975.

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#39 A view of East River Park north from Delancey Street, 1969.

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#40 The Esplanade in Battery Park City, 1988.

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#41 A view of the skyline and the South Street Seaport from the East River, 1985.

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#42 The Hudson River waterfront from the World Trade Center, 1993.

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#43 An electric plant, 1962.

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#44 Waterfront apartments on Roosevelt Island, 1985.

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#45 An apartment building on Roosevelt Island, 1977.

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#46 A view of the Roosevelt Island waterfront, 1977.

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#47 The Roosevelt Island waterfront, 1977.

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#48 Conference House, a 17th-century manor, 1956.

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#49 A sugar refinery, 1948.

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#50 A view of a sugar refinery in the waterfront industrial area, 1985.

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#51 Pedestrians on the Coney Island boardwalk, 1962.

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#52 A view of Coney Island beach and boardwalk attractions, 1962.

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#53 A view of Sheepshead Bay harbor, 1956.

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#54 A view of the Wall Street area from the World Trade Center, 1975.

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#55 Townhouses on Washington Square, 1977.

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#56 The East River Drive and Baruch Houses, 1969.

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#57 A view of the East River frontage from Queens, 1972.

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#58 A view of the Upper Bay from the World Trade Center, 1975.

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#59 The Battery Park City landfill from the World Trade Center, 1975.

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#60 A view of the West Side Highway at 42nd Street, 1964.

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#61 The General Mills flour mill on the City Ship Canal, 1952.

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#62 A view of the National Mall from the Washington Monument, 1986.

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#63 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York building, 1985.

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#64 A view of bridges spanning the Harlem River, 1956.

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#65 An aerial view of Flushing and Shea Stadium, 1975.

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#66 Apartment buildings along Rego Park, 1972.

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#67 A view of a residential street in Fresh Meadows, 1952.

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#68 Row houses on Saunders Street in Rego Park, 1972.

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#69 A street scene from St. Paul’s Place in Morrisania, 1978.

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#70 Skyscraper housing in Co-op City, 1972.

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#71 A view of the Henry Hudson Parkway near Riverdale, 1952.

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#72 A view of a deteriorated residential area, 1978.

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#73 High rise apartment buildings in Co-op City, 1972.

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#74 Townhouses and high rise apartments in Co-op City, 1972.

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#75 Townhouses and high rise apartments in Co-op City, 1972.

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#76 World Trade Center Plaza with the Sphere for Plaza Fountain sculpture, 1975.

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#77 City Hall Park, 1972.

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#78 A view of the Woolworth Building from the World Trade Center, 1975.

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#79 World Trade Center Plaza, 1988.

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#80 Men playing checkers and chess in Washington Square Park, 1962.

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#81 Columbus Circle, 1972.

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#82 A view of high rise hotels from Central Park, 1952.

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#83 An aerial view of the Throgs Neck Bridge and the East River, 1972.

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#84 A view west from the Empire State Building, 1956.

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#85 The downtown skyline from the Upper Bay, 1977.

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#86 The Brooklyn Bridge from the South Street Seaport, 1983.

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#87 The Brooklyn Bridge and waterfront, 1962.

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#88 A view of the skyline from the East River and Navy Yard, 1948.

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#89 A view of the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River from the World Trade Center, 1978.

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#90 A view of Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge, 1956.

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#91 A view of the Williamsburg Bridge and the Domino Sugar factory in Brooklyn, 1969.

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#92 A view of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island, 1968.

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#93 A view of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum and the city skyline, 1983.

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#94 A view of the Henry Hudson Bridge over the Harlem River, 1956.

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#95 A view of the Manhattan branch of the Triborough Bridge (Harlem River Lift Span), 1948.

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#96 A view of the Henry Hudson Bridge, 1962.

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#97 Hunts Point Terminal Market, an indoor produce market, 1972.

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#98 Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street, 1977.

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#99 The merchant vessel “Peking” in the South Street Seaport Museum, 1977.

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#100 The entrance to the Guggenheim Museum, 1962.

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#101 A view of advertisements in Times Square, 1948.

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#102 Times Square, 1977.

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#103 A view of Times Square, 1985.

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#104 A view of The Cloisters museum of medieval art in Fort Tryon Park, 1946.

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#105 The arcade at The Cloisters museum of medieval art, 1946.

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#106 St. Paul’s Chapel spire and the World Trade Center, 1972.

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#107 A statue of William Tecumseh Sherman, 1988.

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#108 Central Park with a statue of William Tecumseh Sherman, 1988.

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#109 Low Memorial Library at Columbia University, 1946.

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#110 East of the Woolworth Building, the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, 1973.

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#111 A street scene near the New York Public Library, 1977.

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#112 The industrial Sunnyside Yards in Long Island City, 1972.

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#113 The Kew Gardens business district, 1956.

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#114 A view of the Long Island Rail Road yard, 1972.

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#115 An abandoned building and debris, 1978.

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#116 City Island harbor, 1956.

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#117 The Staten Island Ferry approaching the terminal, 1982.

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#118 A view of Broadway Street, 1972.

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#119 Lincoln Towers, 1969.

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#120 A sunset silhouette of the Lower Manhattan skyline, 1975.

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#121 Ned Smyth’s sculpture “The Upper Room” in Battery Park City, 1988.

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#122 Pier A with a WWI memorial clock in the tower, 1988.

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#123 Macdougal Alley, 1956.

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#124 Picasso’s “Bust of Sylvette” sculpture in Washington Square Village, 1978.

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#125 Shoppers at Orchard Street, 1969.

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#126 The busy Orchard Street shopping district, 1969.

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#127 Lower East Side co-op housing, 1977.

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#128 Sidewalk sales on 14th Street, 1977.

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#129 Theaters along West 42nd Street, 1985.

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#130 A Midtown street scene, 1985.

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#131 Townhouses on residential Orange Street in Brooklyn Heights, 1972.

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#132 New York University, 1962.

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#133 Washington Square Village housing at New York University, 1962.

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#134 A view of the Chrysler and Pan Am buildings, 1975.

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#135 A view of bridges spanning the Harlem River, 1964.

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#136 United States Pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, 1964.

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#137 A view of the Unisphere sculpture at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, 1964.

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#138 A passenger airplane at John F. Kennedy International Airport, 1962.

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#139 Loading zone outside a JFK Airport terminal, 1972.

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#140 Loading zone outside a JFK Airport terminal, 1962.

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#141 City Hall, 1975.

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#142 A street scene at the South Street Seaport and Fulton Market, 1988.

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#143 A street scene outside Lincoln Center, 1969.

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#144 A street scene outside Lincoln Center, 1969.

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#145 A street scene at the South Street Seaport and Fulton Market, 1983.

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#146 Trawlers at the Fulton Fish Market, 1975.

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#147 Interior mezzanines and lobby of the World Trade Center, 1988.

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#148 People gathered beneath the Washington Square Park Arch, 1956.

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#149 Macdougal Street in Greenwich Village, 1962.

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#150 Men gathered in Seward Park, 1969.

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#151 Stuyvesant Town residential development, 1956.

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#152 Demolition for the Stuyvesant Town construction project, 1946.

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#153 The United Nations, 1962.

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#154 The Ambassador Hotel on Park Avenue, 1956.

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#155 A street scene near Herald Square, 1956.

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#156 The southeast corner of Central Park, 1969.

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#157 An ice skating rink in Central Park, 1969.

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#158 A view of Park Avenue north from 58th Street, 1956.

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#159 A view of the Empire State Building from the RCA (GE) building, 1969.

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#160 A view of the Park Avenue Tunnel, 1956.

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#161 High rise housing built into the George Washington Bridge approach, 1972.

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#162 A view of the Hell Gate Bridge over the East River, 1956.

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#163 A view of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge spanning the East River, 1966.

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#164 Public School 28, 1978.

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#165 A view of the Grand Concourse, 1976.

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#166 A view of Grant’s Tomb and Riverside Church along the Hudson River, 1948.

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#167 Holiday decorations at Rockefeller Center, 1975.

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#168 A view of the New York Life Insurance Building, 1983.

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