Lincoln Square Urban Renewal Project photographs, circa 1957-1958.

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Lincoln Square Urban Renewal Project photographs, circa 1957-1958.

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This collection contains 249 black and white photographic negatives of buildings within the designated slum clearance area of the Lincoln Square Urban Renewal Project in New York City. The photographer is unidentified. Address locations are identified in the negative.

249 black and white photographic negatives (1 box)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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