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Showing posts with label st. mark's place. Show all posts
Showing posts with label st. mark's place. Show all posts
Thursday, March 19, 2026

J. Boekell & Sons 1890 8 St. Mark's Place

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  photo by Anthony Bellov The once elegant Federal-style mansion at 8 St. Mark's Place held a restaurant in 1888.  An incident that occu...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

The 1880 St. Nicholas - 10 St. Mark's Place

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  photograph by Anthony Bellov Beginning in 1831, the three-block section of East 8th Street known as St. Mark's Place, saw the rise of ...
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Saturday, October 25, 2025

The 1875 47 St. Mark's Place

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  The family of Stephen C. Lynes had occupied the brick-faced house at 47 St. Mark's Place for decades when he died at the age of 85 on ...
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Saturday, October 4, 2025

The Joseph Conselvea Pickney House - 73 St. Mark's Place

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  A creative brick frame, painted today, testifies to the original location of the entrance above the long-lost stoop.  photograph by the au...
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Friday, August 29, 2025

The Little Missionary's Day Nursery - 93 St. Mark's Place

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  The change of brick color testifies to the addition of the fourth floor around 1885. Like their neighbors, John Christopher Thatcher and h...
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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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