It’s only the early 1900s in this penny postcard of St. Luke’s Hospital on Amsterdam Avenue and 114th Street, probably no more than a decade after the hospital moved there in 1896 from its original home on Fifth Avenue and 54th Street.
Morningside Heights is practically the country: wide avenues, few pedestrians, and a peek at the Hudson River in the back of the facility.
Tags: Hospitals of New York City, Morningside Heights in 1900, New York 1900, New York street, St. Luke's Hospital NYC, Victorian buildings of New York City, vintage postcards old New York
August 14, 2012 at 11:52 am |
It’s unfortunate that the building has been decapitated and partially demolished over the years.
August 14, 2012 at 2:06 pm |
I’m with you. I’m intrigued by the fact that the building was considered such an achievement at the time, it was put on penny postcards. Can you imagine anyone making a series of postcards today featuring city hospitals?