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PJMcK

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3. Fantastic!
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 08:11 AM
Jan 2019

Thanks for the link, Princess.

We live in an older building on East 97th Street and it was very easy to find. Weirdly, it almost looks exactly the same! For years, we've wondered how old the building actually is; now we know it was built in 1920.

It's really fun to browse the old photos.

Every building in NYC, circa 1940.. [View all] Princess Turandot Jan 2019 OP
cool. pansypoo53219 Jan 2019 #1
Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Jan 2019 #2
Fantastic! PJMcK Jan 2019 #3
Thats really neat. I sent the link to a friend who owns several buildings in town. oldsoftie Jan 2019 #4
This was a W.P.A. project. Another was the iconography of New York City. 3Hotdogs Jan 2019 #5
This is supremely cool, thank you! (nt) Recursion Jan 2019 #6
How COOL!!! Alliepoo Jan 2019 #7
Thanks! zentrum Jan 2019 #8
The WPA hired hundreds of photographers before WW2... Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #9
This is a great site! defacto7 Feb 2019 #10
Very beautiful shenmue Mar 2019 #11
Beautiful pictures of a bygone era NYMinute Apr 2019 #12
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