Saturday, February 27, 2021

The John J. V. Westervelt House - 235 West 16th Street

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Before the addition of a full fourth story, the third floor attic level matched that of the house to the left. Around 1842 a row of bric...
Friday, February 26, 2021

Ralph S. Townsend's 1895 35-39 Bond Street

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  The block of Bond Street between Broadway and Bowery was lined with elegant homes in the 1830's.  Wealthy merchants George Sharp and J...
Thursday, February 25, 2021

The Dr. John T. Metcalfe House - 18 West 30th Street

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  Battered today, the house can only hint at its former elegance. Born in 1818, John Thomas Metcalf graduated from West Point in 1838 and se...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

The Lincoln Kirstein House -128 East 19th Street

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In 1847 Hamilton Fish erected a three-story stable building at No. 88 East 19th Street (renumbered 128 in 1865).  It was leased to  Lewis G....
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

The 1893 Frederick Kranich House - 312 West 91st Street

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  Developers Walker & Lawson hired architect Martin V. B. Ferdon in 1893 to design a row of five houses on the south side of West 91st S...
Monday, February 22, 2021

The Lost 1857 John A. C. Gray Mansion - 43 Fifth Avenue

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  The cross-hatched mullions of the attic windows were highly unusual.  American Renaissance, 1904 (copyright expired) In 1857 John Alexande...
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Saturday, February 20, 2021

An Astounding Makeover - The Peter F. Collier House, 35 East 63rd Street

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In 1877 developer Solomon Bellman began construction on a row of ten high-stooped brownstone houses on East 63rd Street between Madison and ...
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