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  • By the middle of the 1930s, Fifty-second Street had supplanted Harlem as the jazz capital of the world.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Guy Lombardo, one of the white bandleaders who helped popularize jazz on Fifty-second Street, recalled that for many years “nightclub owners simply refused to break the color line, fearing financial consequences.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The express elevator to the Fifty-second floor at Fraser, Chew and Poe.

    The Right Moment Michael J. Solender 2011

  • The driver nodded and started the cab, catching the light at Fifty-second Street and Third Avenue.

    I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011

  • After many long blocks, tugging Skittles along, she ended up on Fifty-second Street—a busy street with lots of foot traffic, boutiques, and restaurants featuring foods from different cultures.

    Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

  • Today, the Seagram building at Park Avenue and Fifty-second Street is considered one of the greatest buildings of the twentieth century.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • At 9:25 P.M. the afternoon shift traveled with President Johnson to the Elms at 4040 Fifty-second Street, just five minutes from the White House, where Agent Paul Rundle was waiting to brief them on the new security.

    The Kennedy Detail Gerald Blaine 2010

  • Today, the Seagram building at Park Avenue and Fifty-second Street is considered one of the greatest buildings of the twentieth century.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • Columbia Records, on Fifty-second Street and Sixth Avenue, was, at the time, the biggest label, and by far the most corporate.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • After many long blocks, tugging Skittles along, she ended up on Fifty-second Street—a busy street with lots of foot traffic, boutiques, and restaurants featuring foods from different cultures.

    Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

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