LIVING ROOMS WITH YELLOW WALLS
ABOVE AND LEFT: The details that Mercedes has added makes all the difference. Note the small nicks on the table, the rustic fireplace with delicate patterned tiles, the trim …
DECORATED GRADE CLASSROOM
When three major paint brands all select shades of white as their 2016 Color of the Year, the writing’s on the wall. In this issue, we highlight Benjamin Moore’s …
BABY FURNITURES
Brian Garrett and Jason Frederick After a career in both furnishings and fashion retail, Andrea Beecher decided it was time to do what she really wanted to do: interior …
BELNORD APARTMENTS NEW YORK
BELNORD APARTMENTS NEW YORK A larger version of the Apthorp seven blocks downtown, this massive apartment building is overwhelming on the outside, but the garden court inside is wonderful. …
NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT NEW YORK
In 1870, the Queens County Seat was moved from Jamaica to Long Island City, making this courthouse a necessity. The center of government moved back further east after the …
LEWIS MORRIS APARTMENTS NEW YORK
The Grand Concourse is four-and-a-half miles long between 138th Street and Mosholu Parkway. Eleven lanes wide, with two tree-lined dividers and wide sidewalks, it was the grandest boulevard in …
STEINWAY MANSION NEW YORK
After William Steinway moved his piano factory to Astoria, he bought this riverfront villa, originally built for Benjamin T. Pike, a manufacturer of scientific instruments. Steinway was the youngest …
HOTEL BOSSERT NEW YORK
This hotel, now a Jehovah’s Witnesses dormitory, was an in spot for flappers and their dates during the Roaring Twenties. Its Marine Roof, created by stage set designer, Joseph …
MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK
This Collegiate Gothic-style building is among the best public schools in any borough. Its auditorium, called Duncan Hall, has landmark status on its own. It is an unusually high …
ERASMUS HALL MUSEUM NEW YORK
This building, in the courtyard of Erasmus Hall High School, originally housed the Erasmus Academy, a private school for boys. It was the first secondary school chartered in New …