Here's What The Upper East Side Looked Like In The Late 1800s
7 photos
<p>"Looking directly south. Shows Perepa Hall, now altered & Woolworth's store at the northeast corner of Third Avenue and 86th."</p>
<p>"Looking west. Shows the Metropolitan Museum of Art [and Cleopatra's Needle] and the 86th Street Station of Harlem Division."</p>
<p>"Looking north by east. Shows car barn (Round House for Third Avenue El)."</p>
<p>"Looking northwest, showing High Bridge and water tower in the distance."</p>
<p>"Looking west. Shows house known as 'The Hermitage' at 93rd Street and Park Avenue (N.W. corner). Ruppert's home at 93rd Street."</p>
<p>"Looking southeast, showing 93rd Street and Lexington Avenue. The litte frame house on 93rd between Park and Lexington Avenue."</p>
<p>"Looking west by north. Little white building at N.E. corner of 94th Street and 5th Avenue is the Eagle Hotel."</p>