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Showing posts with label east 41st street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label east 41st street. Show all posts
Monday, December 2, 2019

The Lost Tiffany & Company Garage - 140 East 41st Street

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The Tiffany & Co. garage and the Boylston Stables (the Kips Bay Garage at the time of this photo) sat on the site of the Allen & ...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Terra Cotta Beauty at Nos. 22-24 E 41st Street

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In 1899 the march of commerce up Fifth Avenue had changed much of the residential neighborhood around the massive Croton Reservoir betw...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

The 1911 Chemists' Club -- No. 52 E. 41st Street

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photo by Historic Districts Council As the first decade of the 20 th century faded, the brownstone homes between Fifth and Mad...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

The 1921 McGarrity Bldg -- No. 8 East 41st Street

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As World War I drew to a close the once-elegant residential block of East 41 st Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues was nearly ...
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Saturday, October 4, 2014

The Gothic Skyscraper at 18-20 East 41st Street

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In 1912 the Fifth Avenue neighborhood around 41 st Street was no longer the exclusive residential district of a generation earlier.  In...
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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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