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Showing posts with label McKim Mead and White. Show all posts

Showing posts with label McKim Mead and White. Show all posts

Friday, March 7, 2025

The 115th Street (Harry Belafonte) Library Branch - 203 West 115th Street

photo by Mcmillin24 In 1901, millionaire Andrew Carnegie offered the City of New York a gift of $5.2 million to build free circulating lib...

Saturday, December 21, 2024

The West 135th Street Branch Library (Schomburg Collection) - 103 West 135th Street

Ivy trailed over the facade in 2009. photograph by McMillin24 On March 12, 1901, Andrew Car negie offered the City of New York a gift of...

Thursday, November 28, 2024

McKim, Mead & White's 1912 998 Fifth Avenue

photograph by Eden, Janine and Jim In the first decade of the 20th century, apartment living had gained favor on the Upper West Side. On ...

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

McKim, Mead & White's 1885 167-173 West 83rd Street

I n 1891, developer David H. King, Jr. hired McKim, Mead & White to design a block-wide row of houses known as the King Model Houses a...

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Metamorphosis -- The Drastically Remodeled 358 Fifth Avenue

image by Tdorante10 On March 6, 1901, The New York Times reported, "Hundreds of workmen are daily demolishing into a reminiscence ...

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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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