Old New York yesterday & today . ?glljE dranh (Emiral Zone Slohag The main station is in the centre. The Hotel Commodore is at the right; the Biltmore at the left. Park Avenue viaduct in theground at the left, crossing over 42nd Street, and connecting Park Avenue which continues back of the Terminal. fore-. die ^qiiatters (Arounb 42nb .Street, 1870 All the region north of 42nd Street was a rocky neighborhood, tenanted by Squatters, who put up a great battle when the work of building the Grand Central began. These Squatters had a precarious existence and depended on goats for a considerable par
Old New York yesterday & today . ?glljE dranh (Emiral Zone Slohag The main station is in the centre. The Hotel Commodore is at the right; the Biltmore at the left. Park Avenue viaduct in theground at the left, crossing over 42nd Street, and connecting Park Avenue which continues back of the Terminal. fore-. die ^qiiatters (Arounb 42nb .Street, 1870 All the region north of 42nd Street was a rocky neighborhood, tenanted by Squatters, who put up a great battle when the work of building the Grand Central began. These Squatters had a precarious existence and depended on goats for a considerable part of their living. They were a unique feature in upper New York for many years. It was a wild country north of 42nd Street in the 6os and these rookeries covered all of what is now Central Park and along Fifth Avenue east, as well as 42nd Street.
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