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[Bird's-eye view of Gramercy Park, New York City, N.Y.] – Historic Map Reproduction

[Bird's-eye view of Gramercy Park, New York City, N.Y.], [ca. 1925?] — historic photograph
[Bird's-eye view of Gramercy Park, New York City, N.Y.], [ca. 1925?]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Bird's-eye view of Gramercy Park, New York City, N.Y.] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Bird's-eye view of Gramercy Park, New York City, N.Y.]

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Few New York squares are as tightly held as Gramercy Park, and this aerial view shows its enclosed green space from above, with the surrounding rows of townhouses pressed close on every side. Gramercy Park was laid out in 1831 by developer Samuel Ruggles and remains one of the city's few private parks, with access limited to adjoining property owners who hold keys to its iron fence. Underwood and Underwood, a New York firm known for stereographs and press photographs, made the picture, which dates to about the mid-1920s, when aerial views of the city were becoming newly common.

Created / published[ca. 1925?]
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1920-1930.Aerial photographs 1920-1930.
NotesPhoto by Underwood and Underwood, New York City.
SubjectsParks--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930. Gramercy Park (New York, N.Y.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,287 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183044

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