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Thursday, September 19, 2013

The 1911 Lissberger Mansion -- No. 16 East 71st Street

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  photo by Alice Lum On January 9, 1910 The New York Times wrote “The finest residential block in Manhattan is now in process of dev...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The 1911 Julius Kayser House -- No. 18 East 71st

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photo by Alice Lum In 1818 Robert Lenox paid the exorbitant amount of $6,920 (about $130,000 today) for thirty acres of farmland far n...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

The Lost James Lenox Mansion -- 53 5th Avenue

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To the left is the home of Henrietta Lenox, a smaller version of her brother's commodious corner mansion.    photo by Wurts Bros. from t...
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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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