[New York City: Morningside Park & Cathedral Heights - showing elevated railroad. Cathedral constr. in background] – Vintage Wall Art
![[New York City: Morningside Park & Cathedral Heights - showing elevated railroad. Cathedral constr. in background], c1902. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4b/4bd0bc257a59-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[New York City: Morningside Park & Cathedral Heights - showing elevated railroad. Cathedral constr. in background] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[New York City: Morningside Park & Cathedral Heights - showing elevated railroad. Cathedral constr. in background]
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This view from Morningside Park shows the steep bluff of Cathedral Heights, with an elevated railroad line running through the scene and the masonry of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine rising in the background. Work on the cathedral began in 1892 and continued for decades, so the photograph captures a building still far from finished. The juxtaposition of an unfinished church and a noisy elevated line reflects how quickly Upper Manhattan was changing around the turn of the twentieth century. The record's date of about 1902 is unverified, but the scene fits that period of rapid transit growth and building.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Elevated RR; Churches. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 897 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147785 |
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