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Title: Automobile Warehouses, Inc.
Description: Located at Kingsbridge Ave. & W. 230th St., Automobile Warehouses, Inc. serviced up to 4,000 new cars which came in monthly before being sent to dealers and customers. The boundary line of the Bronx and Manhattan ran through the parking lot in the Marble Hill area.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_automobile_warehouse_kingsbridge.jpg

Title: Plan For new North Side Savings Bank
Description: Architectural plan for the new bank Main office at West 231st St. Note railroad bridge for the Putnam division of the New York Central Railroad on the right.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural drawing
Local Identifier: North_savings_bank_2.jpg

Title: Rae Metal Products Co.
Description: Company headquartres at 403 Concord Ave. & 144th St. near St. Mary's Park. Note telephone wires next to building.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_Rae_metal_products_co.jpg

Title: Civic Concerns Over Health, Sanitation And Recreation
Description: Excerpts from report about -- need for a Health Building, examination of European methods of garbage disposal, stadium plans for the Jerome Park Reservoir site, plans for a Bronx Health Exposition; and dust and soot from the United Electric Power and Light Co. In--Minutes of Directors Meeting, Vol. 10, pp. 130-131.
Type: text
Genre: minutes text
Local Identifier: mm_nol10_pp130_131.pdf

Title: NYS Barge Canal Terminal At Mott Haven
Description: Looking southeast from 138th St. at the Bronx shoreline of the Harlem River and showing the NYS Canal Terminal building and the Park Ave. bridge of the New York Central Railroad.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_138th_barge_canal.jpg

Title: St. Barnabas Hospital For Chronic Diseases
Description: The main building of St. Barnabas Hospital.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: hospital_stbarnabas_2.jpg

Title: Fordham University
Description: View of Keating Hall at Edwards Parade Ground on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: college_fordham_keating_hall.jpg

Title: Hunter College In The Bronx
Description: The building on the left is Shuster Hall on the Bronx campus of Hunter College (now Lehman College, CUNY). Opened in 1957, Shuster Hall was constructed for $3,000,000 and housed the School of General Studies that began offering evening classes in February, 1961. The building to the right opened in 1960 as the Library. Shuster Hall is today used for administrative purposes; and the former Library building is now used for the Art Gallery and the Art Dept. Both buildings were designed by architect Marcel Breuer.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: college_Hunter_in_Bronx.jpg

Title: McCrory's at Castle Hill
Description: Ribbon cutting for the opening of a McCrory's variety store at 650 Castle Hill Ave. near Cincinnatus Ave., in proximity to Castle Hill Houses.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: stores_McCrorys.jpg

Title: North New York Savings & Loan Assn.
Description: Plans for new bank branch at 2700 E. Tremont Ave. Robert Gottlieb, architect.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural drawing
Local Identifier: North_New_York_savings_loan_3.jpg

Title: A Little Bit Of History In A Concrete Canyon
Description: Describes Poe Cottage, the home of the poet Edgar Allan Poe. Located at Kingsbridge Rd. & the Grand Concourse, the cottage was (then) under the care of the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. (It is now administered by The Bronx County Historical Society.) In--Bronxboro, Vol. XXXIV, Summer Ed., pp. 9, 15.
Type: text
Genre: illustrated magazine article
Local Identifier: Bronxboro_summer1956_p9.pdf

Title: The Knolls
Description: Plan shows two buildings of the Knolls housing complex in Spuyten Duyvil; and surrounding transportation facilities. C.J. Kessler & Sons, Architects; Ferman Builders, Inc.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural plan
Local Identifier: housing_knolls.jpg

Title: R.C. Williams & Co.
Description: This wholesale grocery distributor moved from Manhattan to the Hunts Point area due to its proximity to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad yards at Oak Point and Leggett Ave. Deliveries from all parts of the country come right to the company's doors. Siegel & Green were the building's engineers and architects. R.C. Williams leases the facility from the owner, Providence Produce Warehouse Co.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_RC_williams_co_2.jpg

Title: Bronx County Trust Co.
Description: Bronx County Trust Co. at Third Ave. & 137th St. Note Piano Club of New York on the second floor; and the offices of the Bronx Board of Trade on the upper floor.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Broxn_county_trust_149th

Title: Mount St. Michael Academy
Description: Main Building of Mount St. Michael Academy at 4300 Murdock Ave.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: schools_mount_st_michael_1.jpg

Title: Fordham Road And University Ave.
Description: Fordham Road and University Ave. Devoe Park on the left and St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, under construction, on the right. Neighborhood stores are seen on University Ave.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_university_ave_fordham-road.jpg

Title: De Witt Clinton H.S.
Description: De Witt Clinton H.S nearing completion. School to accommodate 5,000 students, is on Mosholu Parkway South, west of Jerome Ave.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: schools_clinton_HS_1.jpg

Title: Adams-Flanigan Department Store
Description: Proposed new store for Adams-Flanigan Co. Department Store on Third Ave. & 150th St. Plan by Starrett & Van Vleck, architects.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural plan
Local Identifier: stores_adams_flanigan_co.jpg

Title: Grand Opening of Manufacturers Trust Company's New Branch
Description: Open house at the bank's new Throggs Neck branch.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: manufacturers_Hanover_trust_throggs_Neck_2.jpg

Title: Bronx County Trust Co.
Description: Bronx County Trust Co. at E. 149th St. and Third Aves. looking south. Also shown are the Third Ave. El, on the right, and on the left, a spur of the Second Ave. El that terminated at Freeman St. A White Rock truck and a Willis Avenue trolley are shown on the left.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Broxn_county_trust_138tha

Title: American Trust Co.
Description: Exterior view of the American Trust Co. at 301 E. Fordham Rd. near Kingsbridge Rd.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: American_trust_company_1.jpg

Title: R. Hoe & Co., Inc.
Description: The main plant of R. Hoe & Co., Inc., known for its rotary printing equipment, presses and saws, located on the East River at 138th St. The company took over the site in the 1920s, with buildings from an ice box company. Hoe added buildings and the site took up three city blocks for their corporate offices, assembly facilities, and its Saw Division.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural drawing
Local Identifier: business_Hoe_co_2.jpg

Title: Manhattan College
Description: View of students outdoors on the Quadrangle.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: college_manhattan_college_3.jpg

Title: Business Collection At The Public Library
Description: Interior view of Bronx Reference Collection of the New York Public Library on Marion Ave. Members of the Bronx Board of Trade examine the business collection.
Local Identifier: library.jpg

Title: Drake H.S.
Description: Drake H.S., a NYS Regents school with day and evening classes at 2488 Grand Concourse. An IND 8th Ave. subway entrance is on the left.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: schools_drake_HS_1.jpg

Title: De Witt Clinton H.S.
Description: De Witt Clinton H.S under construction.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: schools_clinton_HS_2.jpg

Title: Hunts Point Gas Plant
Description: Aerial view of the Consolidated Gas Company of New York's site at Hunts Point and the surrounding neighborhood. This gas plant produced 20,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_ConGas_plant.jpg

Title: The 'Hub' Area
Description: Air view of the 149th St. Hub area looking toward the East River. Also shown are elevated subway lines; billboards, stores, and the top of the five-story P.S. 27 building at 519 E. 147th St.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_airview_bronx_6.jpg

Title: P.S. 109
Description: Plan for P.S. 109 located at 1771 Popham Ave. & 175th St. Eric Kebbon, Architect and Supt. of School Buildings.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural rendering
Local Identifier: schools_PS_109.jpg

Title: PAL Youth Center
Description: Edward P. Lynch PAL Youth Center at 974 E. 156th St. & Beck St. More than 2,500 boys and girls participate in sports, clubs, dances and other activities at the center. This building was originally the country home of Samuel B. White and is now part of the Longwood Historic District.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: organizations_police_athletic_league_3.jpg

Title: Cross Bronx Expressway New Road Section
Description: Newly opened section of the Cross Bronx Expwy. looking east. The westbound section is still under construction. The road in the foregound is an exit ramp for the Sheridan Expwy. Also seen are Bronx River Houses on the right; and on the left, the old New York Coliseum building (later used as a bus garage) in the West Farms area. Parkchester is in the distance on the left.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: highways_cross_bronx_1.jpg

Title: Federation Bank and Trust Co.
Description: Opening of the bank's Baychester branch.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Federation_bank_trust_co_2.jpg

Title: Lauritano's Restaurant
Description: Gold room of restaurant on Eastchester Rd. set up for a wedding reception.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: restaurant_eastchester_lauretano.jpg

Title: Veterans Administration Hospital
Description: Main entrance to the hospital located at 130 W. Kingsbridge Rd. This building was taken down and is now a lawn area at the hospital.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: hospital_veterans.jpg

Title: Starlight Park Coliseum
Description: The Coliseum, erected in 1926 for the Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, before being removed and shipped to the Bronx in 1928 for reassembly. The frame of the structure was on the former site of an amusement park called Starlight Park on East 177th St. Later it was used for sporting events and for the rebuilding of heavy motor trucks and vehicles by the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1946, it was purchased by the Third Ave. Transit Corp. and remained in use as a bus garage until it was destroyed for the current garage.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: park_amusement_starlight_park_1.jpg

Title: The Land of Sleepy Hollow
Description: A photograph of a cemetery on a hill next to a road. A handwritten caption "It stood on a green bank shaded by trees" accompanies the photograph.
Type: still image, text
Local Identifier: SleepyHollow-Irving-1887_046.jpg

Title: Borough Hall
Description: Borough Hall at 177th St. & Third Ave. and photographed from the Third Ave. El. Note the trolley's electric lines, appearing to cross the lawn in the foreground.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Old_borough_hall_4.jpg

Title: Bronx Billboards
Description: Bronx Board of Trade billboard, at Fordham Rd. near Bathgate Ave., promoting Bronx manufacturing and homes. Also shown is a billboard advertising the Clason Point Park pool. A partially obscured advertisement for pianos is on the building to the left. (Theodore Roosevelt H.S. is today on this site.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Bronx_billboards_1.jpg

Title: The 'Hub' Area.
Description: Air view of the Melrose residential area looking northwest from the 'Hub.' Franz Siegel Park, 780 and 790 Grand Concourse buildings, the New York Central railroad yards, and Thomas Garden Apartments can be seen. The Highbridge Tower, and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital can be seen in Manhattan near the horizon line.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_airview_bronx_9.jpg

Title: La colonna di marmo caristio ora giacente presso la Curia Innocenziana
Description: Proposal to incorporate a derelict Roman column, lying in ruins in front of the Palazzo di Montecitorio, into a monument in honor of Pope Pius IX at the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
Type: text
Genre: pamphlets
Local Identifier: fu_cciu_2531951

Title: Hunts Point Offers Sites For Factories
Description: An article originally appearing in 'Bronxboro' is quoted, proposing industrial expansion in the less congested Hunts Point area. In Scrap Book. Sept. 1952 - Dec. 1961. (p. 50b)
Type: text
Genre: newspaper article
Local Identifier: hunts_point_offers_sites_for_factories.jpg

Title: New York Botanical Garden, Snuff Mill
Description: Snuff Mill on eastern side of Bronx River. The mill was constructed in the 1840s and ceased operation as a snuff mill in 1870 when the Lorillard's moved their operations to New Jersey. To the left is Hemlock Forest, a remnant of the forest that once encompassed much of New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Park_Botanical_Garden_a14.jpg

Title: New York Botanical Garden, Snuff Mill
Description: Snuff Mill viewed from the west side with visitors enjoying the river.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Park_Botanical_Garden_a16.jpg

Title: Hotel Concourse Plaza
Description: Architects rendering for Hotel Concourse Plaza.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural drawing
Local Identifier: Concourse_plaza_hotel_1.jpg

Title: Bronx Maternity Hospital
Description: Plan for a ten-story hospital to be erected at 166th St. and the Grand Concourse. Shown is the front elevation designed by B. H. Whinston. Drawing by Harold Goldman. The hospital fell victim to the Great Depression economy and was not built.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural drawing
Local Identifier: hospital_bronx_maternity.jpg

Title: Bronx Hospital
Description: Plan of the hospital to be built for $2,500,000 by architect Louis Allen Abramson. The hospital was at 1276 Fulton Ave. & 169th St. and was built in in 1928.
Type: still image
Genre: architectural plan
Local Identifier: hospital_bronx_2.jpg

Title: Bankers Trust Co.
Description: Exterior view of Bankers Trust Co. at Bruckner Plaza, 880 White Plains Rd. in the Soundview area.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: bankers_trust_1.jpg

Title: Fordham Hill Houses
Description: Ground level view of buildings within the housing complex, showing young trees and flowers, automobiles and a portion of a neighboring U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital building.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: housing_fordham_hill_1.jpg

Title: Electro-Chemical Engraving Co.
Description: Side view of the Electro-Chemical Engraving plant at 1100 Brook Ave near 167th St. The firm specialized in etched lithographs, chemical dyes, and precision stamped metal parts. The firm produced parts for the Norden Bomb Sight during World War II.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_Electro_Chemical_Engraving_co.jpg

Title: Montefiore Hospital
Description: Main hospital buildings as seen from Gun Hill Rd., with the private pavilion in the distance to the left.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: hospital_montefiore_7.jpg

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