From a photograph.                                                                             Collection of J. Clarence Davies.

NORTHEAST CORNER OF 81st STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE.
Showing the small frame houses which stood here prior to the erection of an ultra-luxurious apart¬
ment house, the first to be erected in this exclusive section of Fifth Avenue.
 

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From an old print.                                                                             Collection of John D. Crimmins.

THE MAGDALEN BENEVOLENT ASYLUM, ABOUT 1856.
Fifth Avenue and 88th Street.