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Map of the City of New York : north of 55th Street, showing on the "West Side" the streets, roads, avenues and public places established, widened and retained, and the pier and bulkhead lines &c. as laid out by the commsnrs of Central Park / compiled and drawn by Hamilton Ewen, City Surveyor.

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of New York City and State

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Map of the City of New York : north of 55th Street, showing on the "West Side" the streets, roads, avenues and public places established, widened and retained, and the pier and bulkhead lines &c. as laid out by the commsnrs of Central Park / compiled and drawn by Hamilton Ewen, City Surveyor.
Names
Ewen, Hamilton (Surveyor)
Towle, Hamilton E. (Publisher)
American Photo-Lithographic Company (Lithographer)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Manhattan

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1869
Place: New York
Publisher: Hamilton E. Towle, Civil Engineer, 78 Cedar Street
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 14-1501
Topics
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Streets -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
City planning -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Piers -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Scale approximately 1:8,448. (W 74°00ʹ11ʺ--W 73°54ʹ30ʺ/N 40°52ʹ42ʺ--N 40°45ʹ34ʺ)
Content: Oriented with north to the upper right of sheet.
Creation/production credits: "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1869 by Hamilton E. Towle in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : colored ; 55 x 167 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433087459347
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20475692
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9007b520-f092-0130-4afd-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1869: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City of New York : north of 55th Street, showing on the "West Side" the streets, roads, avenues and public places established, widened and retained, and the pier and bulkhead lines &c. as laid out by the commsnrs of Central Park / compiled and drawn by Hamilton Ewen, City Surveyor." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1869. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d98aa1a0-084f-0131-1da7-58d385a7b928

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City of New York : north of 55th Street, showing on the "West Side" the streets, roads, avenues and public places established, widened and retained, and the pier and bulkhead lines &c. as laid out by the commsnrs of Central Park / compiled and drawn by Hamilton Ewen, City Surveyor." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d98aa1a0-084f-0131-1da7-58d385a7b928

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1869). Map of the City of New York : north of 55th Street, showing on the "West Side" the streets, roads, avenues and public places established, widened and retained, and the pier and bulkhead lines &c. as laid out by the commsnrs of Central Park / compiled and drawn by Hamilton Ewen, City Surveyor. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d98aa1a0-084f-0131-1da7-58d385a7b928

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Map of the City of New York : north of 55th Street, showing on the "West Side" the streets, roads, avenues and public places established, widened and retained, and the pier and bulkhead lines &c. as laid out by the commsnrs of Central Park / compiled and drawn by Hamilton Ewen, City Surveyor.