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[PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed
Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Sep 18 08:16:10 2021 Ok all you 3rd Ave el buffs. Time to put on your thinking caps and see if you can identify where these photos were taken. (All photos April 1, 1955) Photo A - Those gas tanks may be a clue. Station in the distance looks like an express station. Photo B - Those buildings may also be a clue Photo C - 28th St ?
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Posted by Avid Reader* on Sat Sep 18 09:07:12 2021, in response to [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Sep 18 08:16:10 2021.* Photo # 1 Seventh Avenue El. Photo #2 Fifth Ave Avenue El. Photo #3 Madison Avenue El.
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Posted by X-Astorian* on Sat Sep 18 09:30:33 2021, in response to [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Sep 18 08:16:10 2021.* A - 100th Street B - 35th Street C - 29th Street All views are looking north.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sat Sep 18 11:17:43 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by X-Astorian on Sat Sep 18 09:30:33 2021.* A - 100th Street 99th St station ? B - 35th Street 34th St station ? C - 29th Street 28th St station ? Thanks for your assistance. Bill
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Posted by X-Astorian* on Sat Sep 18 11:48:45 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Sep 18 11:17:43 2021.* Sure, must be from those stations but I named the first street visible. Happy to help and keep up your great work. X-A
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Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sat Sep 18 12:31:49 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by X-Astorian on Sat Sep 18 11:48:45 2021.* Here's one more.......59th St ? (3rd Ave el)
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Posted by Allan* on Sat Sep 18 13:29:17 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Avid Reader on Sat Sep 18 09:07:12 2021.* There weren't Els on 7th Avenue, 5th Avenue or Madison Avenue. Try again.
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Posted by X-Astorian* on Sat Sep 18 14:43:35 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Sep 18 12:31:49 2021.* 34th Street uptown platform.
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Posted by BMT Standard* on Sat Sep 18 14:43:42 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Sep 18 12:31:49 2021.* Looks like a pedestrian bridge crossing over the tracks. 34th St on the 3rd Ave. line?
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Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sat Sep 18 16:58:34 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by X-Astorian on Sat Sep 18 14:43:35 2021.* 34th Street uptown platform. Thank you. Bill Newkirk
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Posted by zac* on Sat Sep 18 19:06:52 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Sep 18 11:17:43 2021.* No. B can't be 35th St station. The Chrysler building, the white one, is south of the position and that is 42nd St.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed
Posted by X-Astorian* on Sat Sep 18 19:54:42 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by zac on Sat Sep 18 19:06:52 2021.* No. B can't be 35th St station. The Chrysler building, the white one, is south of the position and that is 42nd St. A - 100th Street B - 35th Street C - 29th Street All views are looking north. The view is from the 34th Street station.
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Posted by Kevin from Midwood* on Sat Sep 18 20:40:40 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by zac on Sat Sep 18 19:06:52 2021.* The Chrysler Building is west of 3rd Ave. If looking south it'd be on the right.
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Posted by zac* on Sat Sep 18 21:32:33 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sat Sep 18 20:40:40 2021.* The Chrysler building is at 42nd and Lex. Looking SOUTH from the el at about 47th St and 3rd it would be on the right as it is in picture B, and it takes only half the block between Lex and 3rd. My office looked straight at that side of the building. I've got time lapse video of the building's shadow being cast on the PanAm/MetLife building. I'd have to look for it. You could only see it at the winter solstice for a few weeks before and after.
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Posted by X-Astorian* on Sat Sep 18 23:05:26 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by zac on Sat Sep 18 21:32:33 2021.* The Chrysler building is at 42nd and Lex. Looking SOUTH from the el at about 47th St and 3rd it would be on the right as it is in picture B, and it takes only half the block between Lex and 3rd. My office looked straight at that side of the building. I've got time lapse video of the building's shadow being cast on the PanAm/MetLife building. I'd have to look for it. You could only see it at the winter solstice for a few weeks before and after. The Chrysler Building is at 42nd and Lex but the building on the right of the photo is the former Daily News building at 220 East 42nd just west of Second Avenue. The apartment building at the northwest corner of 35th and Third in the photo still stands as shown in Google street. The white building at the end of the tracks is Manhattan House at 66th Street. As I wrote earlier, this view is north.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed
Posted by X-Astorian* on Sat Sep 18 23:23:53 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by X-Astorian on Sat Sep 18 23:05:26 2021.* The Chrysler building is at 42nd and Lex. Looking SOUTH from the el at about 47th St and 3rd it would be on the right as it is in picture B, and it takes only half the block between Lex and 3rd. My office looked straight at that side of the building. I've got time lapse video of the building's shadow being cast on the PanAm/MetLife building. I'd have to look for it. You could only see it at the winter solstice for a few weeks before and after. The Chrysler Building is at 42nd and Lex but the building on the right of the photo is the former Daily News building at 220 East 42nd just west of Second Avenue. The apartment building at the northeast corner of 35th and Third in the photo still stands as shown in Google street. The white building at the end of the tracks is Manhattan House at 66th Street. As I wrote earlier, this view is north.
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Posted by Avid Reader* on Sun Sep 19 08:11:23 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 13:29:17 2021.* You failed to appreciate my humor.
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Posted by zac* on Sun Sep 19 12:15:46 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by X-Astorian on Sat Sep 18 23:23:53 2021.* I'll have to look closely, or just see for myself and go there. Even before Covid I had retired from my job with the 31st floor view of the Chrysler building. Everybody points out the gargoyles on the building, but did you know that in brick around one third to halfway up there is a ring of cars pictured? It is hard to see from street level as there is no clear view, except from 3rd Av in the mid 40s somewhere. It is the same level as the wings right before the final setback. Even with the clear view it is hard to see. It really helps to be looking straight across at it.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed
Posted by Avid Reader* on Sun Sep 19 19:45:51 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by zac on Sun Sep 19 12:15:46 2021.* Super hint! Is this what you were referring too? Another view
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Posted by bulk88* on Sun Sep 19 20:26:21 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Avid Reader on Sun Sep 19 19:45:51 2021.* Chrysler
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Posted by zac* on Mon Sep 20 09:02:48 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Avid Reader on Sun Sep 19 19:45:51 2021.* Yep. Barely visible from the street but really obvious when you are at eye level with it.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed
Posted by Allan* on Mon Sep 20 14:32:15 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Station Identifications Needed, posted by Avid Reader on Sun Sep 19 08:11:23 2021.* Only because in that case I didn't see any.
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