Broadway and West 106th Street, Harlem, 1900

Broadway-and-West-106th-Street-nyc-0584In this photo, taken on September 25, 1900, we look north along the Broadway center mall from West 106th Street in West Harlem. To the left is a triangular green space, bounded by 106th Street, Broadway, and West End Avenue, which would eventually be named Strauss Park, after Isidor and Ida Strauss, who perished in the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912 (source).

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