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Showing posts with label walker street. Show all posts
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Friday, March 12, 2021

The Marble Twins at 36 and 38 Walker Street

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  On January 30, 1856 an auction was held of the furnishings of the two-story house at No. 36 Walker Street.  The listing hinted at the form...
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Saturday, December 12, 2020

The 1859 Ivison & Phinney Building - 48-50 Walker Street

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  The 20th century fire escape not only obscures the dignified facade, but slices through the cornice pediment. In the years immediately fol...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

The 1860 No. 40 Walker Street

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  In the first years following the end of the Civil War the district around Broadway and Walker Street would see a rampant transformation fr...
Friday, November 13, 2020

The 1862 Latimer Building - 72-76 Walker Street

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  On February 14, 1862 an advertisement in the New York Herald offered for lease "the five story marble front Store 72, 74, 76 Walker ...
Friday, October 9, 2020

The 1859 52-54 Walker Street

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  Charles Sandford was a builder in the first half of the 19th century.   He was also keenly aware of the coming changes to the once-residen...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Henry Fernbach's 1869 Marble-Faced Factory Building at 79 Walker Street

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No. 81, at left, is a near match to No. 79. On November 2, 1850 an announcement appeared in the New-York Daily Tribune : "Mr. 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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