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SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0009), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of housinng project in early stages of construction, showing skeleton of three stories on lot set off by roadway and sign in front reading, "City of New York . . . Bay View Houses"; 0009 (8 x 10 in.) shows taxi and bus on roadway, with telephone poles along side of side; 0010 (3 x 10 in.) shows one automobile on roadway. Inscription on verso of 0010: "The March of Modern Housing: . . . Top view shows new Bayview Houses rising in 36-acre plot bounded by Shore Parkway, Rockaway Parkway, E. 102d St., and Sea View Ave. . . . Residents of Bayview's 1,603 apartments will have an unparalleled view of the bay and proposed beaches and landscaping of Canarsie Beach Park."
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