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Elevated railroad station, 1930-33, possibly part of the Third Avenue line. The Chanin Building, a skyscraper with a setback design on its lower grounds, is prominently visible.

Photo: Aaron Siskind via the J. Paul Getty Museum

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The entrance to the 23rd Street station of the Third Avenue El, 1950.

Photo: Arnold Eagle via Christie's

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Rare color photo of the Third Avenue El in 1955, the year it was demolished. Chromogenic print.

Photo: Elliott Erwitt via Christie's

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Manhattan was blighted for decades by elevated subway tracks running for miles along main thoroughfares. This is the Third Avenue El, or Bronx El, in midtown Manhattan, 1951, four years before it was torn down.

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