Thursday, August 12, 2021 – A rather bleak area that was transformed

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THURSDAY,  AUGUST 12, 2021

THE  440th EDITION

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

SUTTON PLACE

BEFORE IT WAS A

GRAND AVENUE

NYC MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES

Looking northwest from East River and 57th Street
Description:
Phipps estate; mansion in background, children seated on wall

Before demolition 60th Street to Sutton Place east
Creator:
Salignac, Eugene de, 1861-1943

Pier number 1 from window 3rd floor Sutton Place, 1903

Pier number 1

Peter Doelger Brewing Company, Consumers Brewing Company at left
Description:
Looking north from 54th Street

Looking west from East River and 53rd Street
Description:
Consumers Brewing Company building, Volunteer Life Savings Corps shack, stairs to river

Office Building for Queensboro Bridge 56 Sutton Place
Creator:
Salignac, Eugene de, 1861-1943

Public market under bridge, a predecessor to the now gone Food Emporium.

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THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

Can you identify this photo from today’s edition?
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WEDNESDAY  PHOTO OF THE DAY

No one guessed the roof of 504 Main Street, the home of our NYPL Branch, St. Francis Cabrini Church and the RI Youth Program.

Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff

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