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Park Avenue: 1913

New York circa 1913. "Park Avenue and Vanderbilt Hotel, south from 36th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York circa 1913. "Park Avenue and Vanderbilt Hotel, south from 36th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

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Actually several still exist

I live just a few blocks from this scene. Several of the buildings in this photo do indeed still exist. Starting from the left, the building with the two-story "porch" is extant - I believe it was designed by the famous architecture firm of McKim, Meade and White (of New York's Penn Station fame). The tower in the distance is Metropolitan Life tower, now a hotel. And the large rectangular apartment building in the middle is still standing and sheltering well-to-do New Yorkers as it has done for over 100 years.

So Different

Wow Google Street View paints a completely different picture. I guess none of those buildings survived?

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