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Showing posts with label west 136th street. Show all posts

Saturday, April 22, 2023

The James A. Reid House - 233 West 136th Street

In 1891 architect-developer Thomas Van Brunt designed an ambitious row of 32 stone-faced homes on the north side of West 136th Street, bet...

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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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