3 AND 4 GRAMERCY PARK WEST NEW YORK
The beautiful cast-iron verandas on this pair of houses are attributed to Alexander Jackson Davis, one of the most highly respected architects of the early nineteenth century. Although they …
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JAMES BLACKWELL FARMHOUSE NEW YORK
This simple farmhouse was the home of the Blackwell family that once owned this entire island. It was named for them until 1828, when the city bought it as …
IBM BUILDING NEW YORK
International Business Machines, the electronic equipment manufacturer headquartered in New York since 1924, moved to a building on this site in 1938. Although it later moved its headquarters to …
GILSEY HOUSE NEW YORK
At the time that this delightful French Second Empire hotel was built, there were six major theaters less than two blocks from it, including Weber & Field’s Music Hall, …
HELMSLEY BUILDING NEW YORK
When the New York Central Railroad built Grand Central Terminal, it also built this palatial thirtyfive story building straddling Park Avenue for its offices. Its north elevation paid homage …
MUSIC BOX THEATER NEW YORK
The Music Box was built by songwriter Irving Berlin and producer Sam H. Harris. The musical Of Thee I Sing, the first ever to win a Pulitzer Prize, opened …
GORHAM SILVER COMPANY BUILDING NEW YORK
This Queen Anne structure is one of New York’s earliest mixed-use buildings. Its first two floors served as Gorham’s retail store, but the rest was used as bachelor apartments. …
THE PLAYERS NEW YORK
This was a simple Gothic Revival brownstone until actor Edwin Booth bought it to convert it into an actors’ club. Stanford White added the two-story porch, the great wrought-iron …
TUDOR CITY NEW YORK
Apart from prewar, the most common pitch in classified ads for apartments is walk to work, which first appeared in print for the 3,000 apartments in this twelve-building complex. …
GAY STREET NEW YORK
The row of Federal houses on the west side of this short street were built in 1833, and their Greek Revival neighbors on the east side were added after …