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Monday, July 27, 2026

The Lost 7th Precinct Station House - 247 Madison Street

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from the collection of the New York Public Library On August 2, 1860, the New-York Daily Tribune reported, "A protest was received fr...
Monday, January 12, 2026

The Lost P. Divver Assc. Clubhouse - 59 Madison Street

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  from the collection of the New York Public Library In the second half of the 19th century, small political clubs dotted the city.  It was ...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

The 1890 The Lincoln - 84 Madison Street

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  Alexandre I. Finkle was born in New Orleans, the son of Polish immigrants.  He studied painting and architecture in Paris at the National ...
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Friday, June 6, 2025

The Nicholas Keane House - 96 Madison Street

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  In the 1820s and 1830s, prim Federal-style houses rose along the Madison Street block between Catherine and Market Streets.  As early as 1...
Friday, May 2, 2025

The 1894 123 Madison Street

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  Margaret Reilly, often known as Maggie, purchased the three-story brick store and tenement on the northeast corner of Market and Madison S...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

The Methodist Mission Building - 209 Madison Street

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  photograph via apartments.com When Joseph C. Skaden's three-story brick house at 209 Madison Street was offered for sale shortly after...
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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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