One of the little neighborhood libraries designed by Alden & Harlow, this one has a prime location on Grandview Avenue, making it possibly the library with the best view in the world.
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Carnegie Library, Mount Washington Branch
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Victorian Row on Grandview Avenue
Built in 1880, this row of modest townhouses has been altered a bit to take advantage of the view, but retains much of its ornamental woodwork.
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St. Mary of the Mount at Sunrise
The first rays of morning sun strike St. Mary of the Mount Church on Mount Washington.
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Grandview Avenue, Duquesne Heights
Duquesne Heights is the western section of Mount Washington, the part that includes the expensive restaurants overlooking the skyline and the luxury apartment towers. Here we see Grandview Pointe in the foreground, with its glass-walled elevator shaft leading up to the Monterey Bay Fish Grotto, and the Trimont in the distance.
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Grandview Avenue
A stroll along Grandview Avenue, Mount Washington, on a sunny day in early fall.
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The View from Mount Washington, in Two Colors
The skyline on a perfect day, rendered in old-postcard colors.
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The View from Mount Washington, in Black and White
It was a perfect day for skyline pictures, with puffy white clouds filling the sky. This is how it looked in black and white.
