St. Vartan's Park, East 36th Street looking north from First Avenue, 1939. St. Gabriel's Park. Built: 1904-1905. Bounded by 35th and 36th Streets, First and Second Avenues. Much of the park's land was ceded for the construction of the Queens Midtown Tunnel in 1938. Site renamed St. Vartan's Park in 1978. The Queens Midtown Tunnel was built 1936-1940. Engineer and designer: Ole Singstad.
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Local Subjects
St. Vartan's Park (New York, N.Y.)
Street life
Queens Midtown Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
Chrysler Building (New York, N.Y.)
Singstad, Ole, b. 1882
Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
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St. Gabriel's Park (New York, N.Y.)
1904-1905
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