Park Avenue looking north from 31st Street, 1850’s
Location Description
Street Address: Park Avenue and East 31st Street
Drawing looking north along Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South) from between 31st and 32nd Streets, mid-1850's. At left, with the flag, is the Brandes Hotel and Restaurant; to its right, in the block now occupied by Two Park Avenue, are the ticket office, locomotive house and smith shop of the New York and Harlem Railroad, this location having been dictated by an 1842 ban on the use of steam power south of 32nd Street. Horsecars from downtown, arriving here a the city's then northern limits, are being assembled into a steam-driven train for Boston, while the animals, unhitched, are refreshed for the return trip or retired to the railroad's stables off to the right. In the background is the 34h Street bridge over the entrance to the railroad-out through Murray Hill, whose side streets are being built up with row houses and the Zion Protestant Episcopal Church (Madison and 38th), while Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South) still remains mostly undeveloped.
Caption reads: Cars taking engine from New York to Boston.
See Related Images
- Building Type — Railroad repair shops
- Building Type — Hotels
- Date — 1930s and Earlier
- Streets — Park Avenue
- Subjects — Railroads -- Buildings and structures
- Subjects — Street life
- Subjects — New-York and Harlem Rail Road Company
- Subjects — Brandes Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
- Subjects — Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
- Subjects — Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.)
Building Information
Photo Credits
| Format | 1 photographic reproduction ; 24.2 x 16.2 cm. |
| Photo Taken | 1853-1858 |
| Rights Statement | Image courtesy of the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association ; William Carroll, Museum of the City of New York |
October 20th, 2009 at 6:46 am
In what year was the brownstone building at 127 E. 34th Street built and by what Developer/Architect??