This winter scene shows a brother and sister sleigh riding along the Grand Concourse, between 198th Street and 199th Streets. Also shown are snow piles and small houses in the rear.
Exterior view of Dollar Savings Bank at 2516 Grand Concourse. The smaller building was built in 1932 and the taller building (addition)was built in 1951 to handle executive, administrative and mortgage functions. The architects were Halsey,...
Billboards; Stores; Buildings; Transportation; Colleges & Universities; Street Scenes
View at corner of the Grand Concourse & E. 188th St. looking west at billboards, automobiles, an IND subway entrance, and stores, including Wertheimer--later Alexander's.
(This site now houses 'CUNY on the Concourse,' operated by Lehman College,...
On Oct. 27, 1928, a flotilla of ships is led down the Harlem River by the City flagship 'Macon' in celebration of the remodeling of the High Bridge. The bridge piers that had hampered navigation on the river were replaced with a steel arch making...
View of the Society's new shelter on the east side of the Grand Concourse & McClellan St.
(The building is today used for a girls club and other purposes.)
Campaign to promote the use of zip (zoning improvement plan) codes, that promise to speed the delivery of mail. Shown is the lobby of the main Bronx post office at 149th St. & Grand Concourse.
Ceremony establishing Bronx, New York Post Office in the former Bronx Central Annex Building at 149th St. & Grand Concourse. This event inaugurated a separate postal designation from Manhattan for the Bronx. Originally all Bronx mail was addressed...
Buildings; Public Buildings; Street Scenes; Parks; Courthouses
View of the excavation site of the Bronx County Building amd Court on Mott Ave. (now Grand Concourse). Excavation started in July, 1930. Franz Siegel Pak is to the south. Also note neighborhood apartment buildings and use of window awnings.
The first public showing of the new Princess telephone in the Bronx by the New York Telephone Co. was held in the the Main Office of the Dollar Savings Bank on the Grand Concourse.
A 'Heroes Honor Roll' for Korean War servicemen from the Bronx is shown at Fordham Road and the Grand Concourse. This honor roll calls attention to the U.S. Treasury Dept.'s defense bond drive. The plaque was donated as a public service by Gerosa...
