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Thursday, June 8, 2023

The R. H. Macy & Co. Annex - 56 West 14th Street

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  In July 1871, when Albert Levi broke ground for a four-story brick store at 56 West 14th Street, just east of Sixth Avenue, the district h...
Friday, April 10, 2015

The Little Holdout at No. 461 7th Avenue

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In the years just prior to the outbreak of civil war, modest homes and stores were erected in the area that would a century later becom...
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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Gimbels Dept. Store -- 6th Avenue and 33rd Street

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As the building neared completion, Daniel Burnham released a sketch   Real Estate Record & Guide, July 10, 1909 (copyright expired) ...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The Little Building Under the Big Bag at Macy's

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photo by Mike Strand The dry goods store established by Rowland Hussey Macy in 1858 at 14th Street and Sixth Avenue was in the...
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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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