Monday, October 22, 2018

The Lost 1826 2nd Congregational Church - Prince and Mercer Streets

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Architect and artist Alexander Jackson Davis created this rendering around 1830 .  from the collection of the New York Public Library ...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

The Joseph S Frelinghuysen House - 45 East 68th Street

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The family of General Thomas H. Barber had lived in the old brownstone rowhouse at No. 45 East 68th Street for years when, following hi...
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Friday, October 19, 2018

The Dominick Neusch House - 15 Commerce Street

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The cast iron areaway railing was updated in the 1840's or '50's with an anthemion-themed Greek Revival design. Perhaps no ...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

The Morrison & Boinest Co. Bldg - 413 Greenwich Street

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As late as 1883 J. A. Pilkington operated his saloon from the old two-and-a-half story converted house on the southeast corner of Green...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Noble Remnants - Leake & Watts Orphan Asylum - Amsterdam Ave and 112th Street

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photo by Helena Kubicka de Braganca, via www.stjohndivine.org When attorney John George Leake died on June 2, 1827 at the age of 75, h...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The Hotel Willard (aka Churchill) - 252 West 76th Street

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By the turn of the last century architect Ralph S. Townsend had designed a wide variety of buildings--small flats, private homes and hot...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Scandal & Scoundrels - The Lost 1887 208 West 54th Street

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By the time this shot was taken on March 19, 1916, the block had significantly changed.  from the collection of the New York Historical ...