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M. Dripps, publisher; John M. Harrison, surveyor.        Collection of New York Geographical Society.

MAP OF FIFTH AVENUE FROM 40th TO 50th STREETS IN 1852.

Showing the cattle-yards on Fifth Avenue, from 44th to 46th Streets.

cheerful tint of color and variegated architecture," would suit the
most fastidious home-seeker. He notified the public in his prospectus
that the view from the windows was unrivalled, as it commanded
the whole island with its surroundings. The project was not, how¬
ever, a success, and, later, most of the block was occupied by Rutgers
Female College. This institution was first opened in the spring of
1839, on ground given it by William B. Crosby, at 262-264-266
Madison Street, which had been part of the estate of Colonel Henry