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New York's Highest Point

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
August
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

 

New York's Highest Point.

Perhaps the highest point in the bor-

ough of Manhattan is at Ninety-sixth

street and Madison avenue. This is

where the New York Central Railroad

tunnel begins, and from this elevation

a fine view is obtained of Harlem to

the north and the East river and Long

Island to the east. One can look over

the roofs of the five-story houses of

Harlem clear to Washington Heights

and distinguish many points in the

borough of the Bronx.

From here there is a sharp decline

to the East river, and the tall chimney

at the foot of East Ninety-fifth street

does not look so very high from this

altitude. It is altogether a sight well

worth seeing.