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What was here before?
This was once the site of Turtle Bay Farm, owned by businessman Francis Bayard Winthrop (1754-1817) and his family. It roughly extended from Third Avenue to the East River between East 40th and East 49th Streets, with the manor situated by East 43rd Street and First Avenue.
In the late 1800s, the old estates in the area were divided into lots and developed. There were many slaughterhouses, breweries, coal yards, and tenements. The neighborhood was revitalized in the 1920s, with new and updated housing developments such as Turtle Bay Gardens and Tudor City.
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