The above 1905 photo via Shorpy is one of those rare high resolution images that really show a lot of details one would not normally notice. The views are looking west from 110th Street, standing approximately at the corner of today's FDB Circle at 8th Avenue (double click on top image to enlarge). Upon closer review, one can see that there is a brick ground station with an attached tower that serves as the actual station base. The second photo down is a closer look at the connecting walkway that lies below the tracks and leads from the tower to the platform at the opposite end. Apparently, this was run by the Manhattan Railway Co. which would be the predecessor of the MTA (third photo). Most of the elevated tracks were deconstructed in the early 1940's to make way for the subways and the tower building shown would have gone down soon after. The last photo shows the corner today and the Towers on the Park buildings that currently stand on this particular corner. Archival photo courtesy
Shorpy.com. Check out the another view of the station in our past post:
LINK.
The above 1905 photo via Shorpy is one of those rare high resolution images that really show a lot of details one would not normally notice. The views are looking west from 110th Street, standing approximately at the corner of today's FDB Circle at 8th Avenue (double click on top image to enlarge). Upon closer review, one can see that there is a brick ground station with an attached tower that serves as the actual station base. The second photo down is a closer look at the connecting walkway that lies below the tracks and leads from the tower to the platform at the opposite end. Apparently, this was run by the Manhattan Railway Co. which would be the predecessor of the MTA (third photo). Most of the elevated tracks were deconstructed in the early 1940's to make way for the subways and the tower building shown would have gone down soon after. The last photo shows the corner today and the Towers on the Park buildings that currently stand on this particular corner. Archival photo courtesy Shorpy.com. Check out the another view of the station in our past post: LINK.
Wow - Fantastic - as is the huge image on Shorpy.com
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ReplyDeleteAmazing large photo on shorpy.com, some things I noticed on this detailed photo, there appears to be a train in the station, there is a horse and buggy in the distance and clearly manure on the street which was I understand to be the norm at the time and a street sign reads “Cathedral Parkway Business Traffic Prohibited”. This photo really brings you back to life at another time.
ReplyDeleteA point of continuity: There are once again low billboard ads lining 110th St near the corner with Manhattan Ave (with the building that existed there between "then" and "now" having been demolished).
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