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Showing posts with label 1261 Madison Avenue. Show all posts

Showing posts with label 1261 Madison Avenue. Show all posts

Saturday, December 17, 2016

The R. J. Horner Factory -- Nos. 109-111 West 24th Street

In 1886 Robert J. Horner opened his new furniture store at Nos. 61-65 West 23 rd Street . The block between Fifth and Sixth Av...

Friday, November 26, 2010

The 1901 Beaux Arts 1261 Madison Avenue

1261 Madison Avenue in 1910 - NYPL Collection When Andrew Carnegie began the four-year long construction of his brick Georgian mansion in 1...

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Tom Miller: Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..

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