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    <LEGEND>
    This schedule contains summary financial information
    extracted from unaudited financial statements for the
    six month period ending June 30, 1996 and is
    qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
    statements
    </LEGEND>
    <CIK>                                               0000813812
    <NAME>            RIVERSIDE PARK ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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