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Thursday, November 16, 2023

The 1893 Max Feist House - 245 West 139th Street

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  photo by Mark Satlof In 1890, developer David H. King, Jr. embarked on an expansive and ambitious project.  It was described by the Real E...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

The 1891 Robert Twombly Bryan House - 228 West 138th Street

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  photo by Mark Satlof On August 16, 1890  The Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide  reported that "One of the most important b...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

The 1892 William B. Strong House - 240 West 138th Street

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Completed in 1892, t he 25 rowhouses along the south side of West 138th Street between today's Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powel...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

The Eubie Blake House - 236 West 138th Street

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  The block of 25 homes on the south side of West 138th Street between today's Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevards...
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Thursday, November 24, 2022

The Alpha Phi Alpha House - 203 West 138th Street

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  Vertner Woodson Tandy entered Tuskegee Institute to study architecture in 1904.  A year later he transferred to Cornell University.  There...
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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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