171 West 71st Street
The Dorilton
Who said too much was ever enough? The Dorilton would challenge them--and win. An architectural confection, this building will surely ruin your teeth!
2081-2089 Broadway
The Newsreel Theatre or the Hotel St. Andrew?
What was once a hotel became a theatre but now there is nothing to "see" here.
72nd Street Kiosk
The Sherman Square Station
There are injustices every day in the subway, and there were even in the early 1900's during the nascent days of the system. Despite the ubiquity of advertising today, there was a time when censorship reigned but determined suffragists would not have it!
2091 Broadway
The Wood, Dolson & Co. Building
A multi-faceted building intended to harmonize with the adjacent church holds its own ground and shares in the responsibility of improving the lives of citizens...even if that is just their economic citizenry.
2101-2119 Broadway
The Ansonia
After creating an initial riot, the ceremonies for the Upper West Side's "Wedding Cake" quieted with years of neglect but $100M later, the pizzazz is back!
2124 Broadway
The Beacon of Broadway
A Roxy Theatre Circuit flagship was "Midway" but could not remain silent. Reborn with a voice by Warner Brothers, the Beacon went live in 1976, and was restored to life in 2009.
2131 Broadway
The Schrafft's Restaurant Building
Taking "take this to go" to a new level, Schrafft's took “all of the wall paneling, the electric fixtures, the cooling and ventilating system.”
2112 Broadway
The Central Savings Bank Building
To put it simply, "The massive limestone blocks provided the impenetrable impression necessary in a banking institution; while the grand arched openings at the lower levels, and the more delicate two-story openings at the upper floors provided a sense of elegance.
2160 Broadway
The Jones Speedometer Building
Do you have a need, a need for speed? If so you may also have a need for a Joseph W. Jones Speedometer, and we've got just the place for you!
2162 Broadway
The Manhattan Towers Hotel
Divine intervention turned this thriving congregation into a Skyscraper Church, but the stock market crash lead the hotel to default and the bank repossess the site. A Mormon Church, Navy housing, and hotel later, today's Opera has cleaned up the reputation of a building with a colorful past.
2175 Broadway
The Hotel Belleclaire
A breakthrough project for Emery Roth, The Hotel Belleclaire leaned into the Art Nouveau and the Viennese Secession styles. Providing elegance for human and lions alike--check out who checked in.
2320-2326 Broadway
Conjoined Buildings for Condensed Milk
A stable became a warehouse depot, became a garage, became apartments and is about to become out of existence.
215 West 91st Street
The De Soto
Largely refined and dignified residents inhabited the De Soto...just ignore the woman who couldn't stand to breathe the same air as her husband.
2626 Broadway
The Metro (Midtown) Theatre
Seeing double? Catch a double feature or just do a double take--this deco beauty was split in two at least twice and claims two names.
2689-2693 Broadway
The Hotel Marseilles
Press is press, right? In a pre-Yelp world, the Hotel Marseilles couldn't catch a break in avoiding negative headlines, but this French-inspired treat has served well to those in need of its shelter.
2710-2714 Broadway
The Horn & Hardart Building
Forget your two-cents, Horn and Hardart wanted your five cents--and did into the 1950's. Just watch out for the nickel-throwers...
2801-2821 Broadway
The Manhasset Apartments
Why leave well enough alone? Three architects combine to complicate this block long pair of matching buildings for Schuyler Square.
255 West 90th Street
The Cornwall
"Lusty Art Nouveau motifs" define the architecture but lead footed fiends once defined the residents of the Cornwall who had a need for speed.
2420-2494 Broadway
Astor Court
Deja Vu? If you think you've see this one before, you may well have! New York City's second "Astor Court" this one is replete with the founders of Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and the Fox Film Corporation.
2350 Broadway
Hotel Bretton Hall
Used as a safe house for a child in hiding as well as home to the bodyguard of the Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, aka "the Blind Sheikh"...one could say these walls saw their fair share of history.
265 West 79th Street
First Baptist Church
Happily the subway didn't ruin this landmark as they feared, but the stained glass skylights nearly did.
2141-2149 Broadway
The Astor Apartments
Speeding drivers and quick party escapes define this building’s history whose own renovation went slowly.
2211 Broadway
The Apthorp
Named for the 18th century estate of Charles Ward Apthorp, The Apthorp maintained an air of sophistication. But some of its residents? They 'just wanna have fun'!
2241-2247 Broadway
The Hotel Emerson/The Calvin Apartments
Arguably one of the top social landmarks in the neighborhood if not the city, Zabar's has been a consistent presence on the block since 1934.
2248-2258 Broadway
Keith's 81st Street Theatre
The initial plan was vaudeville, with "photo-plays" and went feature pictures before becoming a television studio. It's "second act" is retail.
2307 Broadway
The West Side Republican Club
With so many facade changes and storefront revisions, which would you vote for?
2315 Broadway
The Broadway Fashion Building
Of course Broadway has always been fashionable but this building went so far as to claim it! After years of neglect, this building is back in style.
Straus Park
Bloomingdale Square / Straus Park
A small park for a humble couple with a big impact on NYC and American history.
Verdi Square
Verdi Square
A determined Charles Barsotti would not let improbability, doubting press or harassing patrolmen stop him from honoring composer Giuseppe Verdi.
200 West 72nd Street
The Colonial Club
This out-of-place Club that was too-far west, and too-far north broke the rules, admitting women, shunning its younger members, and before very long broke itself. The well-heeled could not keep it afloat yet the structure stood for over a century. There is no mention if the developers who replaced it recovered the cornerstone which held a copper box containing "club manuals and documents, a photograph of General Sherman’s funeral passing Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, a Civil War badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, copies of various newspapers and poems written by member William M. Kerr to “Our Children’s Children’s Children.”
251 West 89th Street
The Admaston
Servants in the Admaston tended to "help themselves" while a dancer proved just how painless keeping house could be.
2220-2226 Broadway
The Spreter Department Store
A tax payer with a long history in retail, this corner has witnessed an array of retail tenants and still serves its original purpose.
225 West 86th Street
The Belnord
Not really any “Murders in the Building” but for a time, failing plumbing and electrical systems and an epic landlord-tenant battle!
246 West 80th Street
The Broadway Studio Building
The "reds" the Feds were concerned about were not coming from the Parsons School of Design, but the building's later tenants, the Stevenson School.
233 West 83rd Street
The Amidon
Divorces can get messy, but to have a spouse committed for mental evaluation just to break it off? That's an extreme measure, but hey, all is fair in love and war, right?
2581 Broadway
The Unter den Linden
Flowing drinks and loud music whether you were at the Unter den Linden beer garden, or just a neighbor...
2641 Broadway
The Grimm Building
Despite its name, this building was more jovial on account of the foamy libations introduced by the Doelger's.
233 West 99th Street
The Trafalgar Towers
Wood Venetian blinds and metal clothes hampers would hardly be deemed amenities worth listing today but mediums are also less common now...
2720-2724 Broadway
Broadway View Hotel
Intended as a skyscraper church, this wholly unholy construction is known for its skilled canaries and craftspeople.
216 West 100th Street
The Allenhurst
Bertram I. Rich lived up to his name..."His chief occupation since the time he inherited the million left by his father...has been to keep money in circulation."
2200-2228 Broadway
The Sanford and The Rexford Apartments
Jewelry had a habit of disappearing at these twin apartments. Whether trusted to a physician, a travelling son or retrieved by an uninvited acquaintance, these accessories were in high demand.
2783-2785 Broadway
The Trouville Apartments
The chances are that you'll find what you are looking for at the Trouville. From artificial logs to fake fish, there were lots of phonies here.
214 West 92nd Street
St. James Court
The delivery boy was looking for a tip, and he got one: don't wake a sleeping boxer or his convalescing child.
250 West 91st Street
The Versailles
Music celebrity resounded through the halls of the Versailles and water through its walls.
2345 Broadway
Euclid Hall
Deep light courts accentuated the massing of Euclid Hall where apartments were designed to be large enough to host large dances...one hopes the floors were soundproofed.
2753 Broadway
936 West End Avenue, aka 2753 Broadway
936 West End Avenue? 2753 Broadway? The Lancaster? Multiple addresses, multiple names and multiple personalities filled this landmark and its history.
2508 Broadway
2508 Broadway
Life imitates art at the Narragansett Hotel. From the rags to riches of a hotel employee to the riches to rags of a popular playwright recluse.
2276 Broadway
2276 Broadway
Some like it hot. While diners at Childs' Restaurant came for the food, Nellie Gutosky aka Norma Parker came for the cash register.
2780 Broadway
2780 Broadway
When Sava Seyaha turned from stocks to real estate, he likely thought it was a safe bet. It wasn't.
2270-2272 Broadway
2270-2272 Broadway
The police stationed them selves here for, but so would you, if you were in the know.
2758 Broadway
2758 Broadway
Once home to the Friends of the Irish Republic, then a Communist and Socialist meeting hall, and then the Riverside Democratic Club...what next?
2749-2751 Broadway
The Westbourne
Clarence Eddy made beautiful music...just not with his wife. Augusto Cuartas did too as Augie's Jazz Bar, but that went up in SMOKE.
2741-2747 Broadway
The Cleburne
Try this for "A Wrinkle in Time": Mrs. Cheatham lived up to her name, was convicted of shoplifting, faked a suicide, was presumed drowned yet turned up in Chicago...
2708 Broadway
The Grafton
One wonders what ever happened to the Humphreys--and their marriage. Oliver happened to stab himself near the heart while cutting bread, but his helpful wife had full explanations for the police.
2680-2684 Broadway
2680-2684 Broadway
Read All About It: The New York Times gets swindled by its staff accountant...who bears the accountability?
215 West 75th Street
215 West 75th Street
An exuberant terra cotta topper caped this building brimming with stories including the UWS's most famous madam.
250 West 78th Street
The Curlew
As the saying goes, if you believe it you can achieve it. Isaac Ludlow believed he could make a flying machine. He just need a motor.
2504 Broadway
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Advent
Known for its ministry to musicians, Evangelical Lutheran's Pastor Reverend John Garcia Gensel did "field work" in various jazz clubs.
2609 Broadway
The Arragon and the Navarre
These two buildings pass as one, but an undercover detective could not pass off Olive Murray for lewd behavior.
2440-2446 Broadway
2161-2169 Broadway
2093-2099 Broadway
The Rutgers Building
Bank on this one, which has been a bank since it was built in 1926...
201 West 71st Street
The Lester Building
This building was a favorite for real estate offices, but not for the tenants of those realtors!
2120-2122 Broadway
The Hotel Prisament
A young Lucille Ball rested her ginger locks here for an $18-a-week split.
225 West 106th Street
225 West 106th Street
Exploding bags of money keep robbers away, but deter the bank as well.
2568-2574 Broadway
The Wilmington
The father of the NYC Public School design lived here--as did some who needed to learn lessons.
255 West 108th Street
The Manchester
Once home to the last surviving member of the Old Guard of the City of New York who fought in the Civil War!
2511 Broadway
The Stanton
The people have voted! And they named the Co-op at 250 West 94th Street after Elizabeth Cady Stanton!
2182-2186 Broadway
The 77th Street Theatre
Thomas Lamb created an escape, as did the Cafe Old Europe, but both were ultimately ephemeral.
2244 Broadway
The Varuna
Even millionaire's aren't safe. William Earl Dodge Stokes was blackmailed for $25,000 by women with revolvers...and he was dodging bullets.
2541-2547 Broadway
The Tuileries
Among its many architectural features, this building had faulty windows which residents sadly fell from.
2528 Broadway
The Hotel Newton
This Opera singer's adoptive mother was not going to let his wife get in the way of their special relationship.
2536 Broadway
2536 Broadway
Resident Reverend Phebe A. Hanaford was a descendant of the founder of Nantucket, her mother was descendant of the Maylower pilot, and she was a direct descendant of Benjamin Franklin's grandfather...how about that for references?
2170 Broadway
The Wellsmore
Feast your eyes on this: Early celebrity chef Andre Bustanoby lived here with his wife and five children.
215 West 88th Street
The Buchova
Abundance was part of the design intent of the Buchova but for some residents like James O. Stewart there was a limit, and that was his wife's whim of a demand for an airplane.
250 West 88th Street
The Metropolitan (Central) Apartments
William N. Fleischmann's in-laws were visiting and withdrew nearly $300,000 of jewelry from storage but after being robbed seemed more concerned about the thieves also taking tickets to the Dempsey-Carpentier fight...
219 West 81st Street
The Anonova
An actress who thought she was taking medicine and a pharmacist who knew what he was selling wasn't medicine...
2828-2834 Broadway
The Nemo Theatre
Vaudeville with jugglers and trained animals gave way to programming "especially suitable for young persons."
2788 Broadway
The Van Koven Apartments
This Clarence True building is a combo of twos--two structures, two facades, and two very different groups of residents.
2180 Broadway
2180 Broadway
It was possibly a hotel, and definitely a civic incubator for many organizations.
2824 Broadway
2824 Broadway
Piecemeal or peace meal? This site was known for rallies against Nazis and uniting competitors.
2721-2727 Broadway
300 West 108th Street
The Charleton
Rosario Candela fired this one off on Broadway, but unfortunately, Officer Edwards also fired one of his own off on Broadway...
255 West 84th Street
251 West 92nd Street
The Roxborough
One very lucky baby and General Theophilus Francis Rodenbaugh, a Civil War hero!
2633-2635 Broadway
248 West 105th Street
220 West 98th Street
The Borchardt
The Jesuits helped stabilize this building but their stabilized rents left the owner unbalanced.
2833-2839 Broadway
2833-2839 Broadway
First one, then two and now one once again. This tax payer has this site covered.
2770 Broadway
The Olympia Theater
A second act, yes, but no third. This theater was demolished in October of 2003.
222 West 83rd Street
The Manhill
Never make a mountain out of a "Manhill" but apparently you can make a Manhill out of a Jerome Palace.
221 West 82nd Street
The Myron Arms
Tic-Tac-Dough? More like Tic-Tac-D'oh! Cheaters never win, but this one had a second chance.
2465 Broadway
The F.W. Woolworth Co. Building
This five and dime was used to making change, and the building was no exception. A restaurant to pool parlor to a bingo hall to community group and a gym.
255 West 88th Street
2640 Broadway
2640 Broadway
The architecture of this building is a cut above but the cut below is the one that sealed its history.
2501 Broadway
2501 Broadway
Maud Hewitt, the daughter of sugar broker Francis Hewitt was born with a literal sugar daddy--her personal relationships were not so sweet.
2251-2253 Broadway
2251-2253 Broadway
Home to the West Side Repertory Theater until it's curtain call in 2013.
2409-2415 Broadway
2361-2373 Broadway
2642 Broadway
2642 Broadway
Horses, Garage, Car Service this little building has maintained a connection to its roots despite its consistent change.
2750-2758 Broadway
The Kenmac
So what if her husband bound and gagged a state trooper and threw him in a ditch--did the FBI really have to resort to violence as well? One may never know if Arlene's tears were from the pain of her gunshot wound or the tear gas flooding her apartment.
2192-2194 Broadway
2192-2194 Broadway
It was Walter F. Weed's Birthday and he'd cry if he wanted to, cry if he wanted to...
235 West 103rd Street
The Friesland
Just like they always say--if the coffee's not right, get stuck in a dumbwaiter...
2190 Broadway
2672 Broadway
The Kent
Associated with kidnappings, armed robberies and even a hitchhiker, never say you KENT when you can!
2552-2558 Broadway
2281-2299 Broadway
2686 Broadway
2686 Broadway
Residents like Israel Ludlow literally reached new heights while living here.
2681-2687 Broadway
The Broadmoor Hotel
Let this be a lesson to never take advice from the ashes of the dearly departed.
2688 Broadway
2228-2236 Broadway
2228-2236 Broadway
Automobile Row turned "five and dime row" here, but nothing lasts forever.
225 West 83rd Street
Loew's 83rd Street Theatre
He had 32 theatres at this point, but this was the one in Marcus Loew's own neighborhood.
2730-2738 Broadway
The Overdene
Not to be overdone, the Overdene was known for one of its more illustrious characters, Gottfried Walbaum--known for "operating racetracks (reportedly shadily), gambling parlors and brothels." Business is business...
2728 Broadway
2728 Broadway
It is generally a good rule of thumb not to shoot fellow restaurant diners for being too loud--that doubly applies when cops are on their way in.
2503-2509 Broadway
2740-2748 Broadway
2740-2748 Broadway
This speakeasy became headquarters for a subversive Communist group named for Abraham Lincoln.
229 West 97th Street
2647-2649 Broadway
243 West 99th Street
The Colonial (Karlsruhe) Apartments
This building having two names seems more normal when one reads of its resident, Dr. Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr. who had two wives and two families...
2527-2537 Broadway
The Symphony Theatre
It's a Market! It's an Ice Rink! It's a Restaurant! It's a Cinema! It's a Theatre!
2561-2569 Broadway
250 West 85th Street
The Towers
When you are done with your wife, simply send her her clothes and change the locks...
2261-2271 Broadway
The Forres
Operatic baritone Emilio de Gogorza went on a concert tour, but when he returned home, he was singing a different tune!
2310-2318 Broadway
2310-2318 Broadway, aka 210 West 84th Street
Life is a gamble, and so is playing roulette, no matter who you are.
2787 Broadway
The St. Austen
Accomplished women set the tone of this building but time took a toll and the DOB took it's cornice.
2731 Broadway
The Marguerite
What do a hot Roman Rosary, a Smoking Jacket and a flaming stairwell have in common? Well, the Marguerite!
216 West 89th Street
2700 Broadway
The Edison Theatre Building
They say theater is a reflection of life, and this theater was a reflection of the neighborhood.
240 West 102nd Street
The Magnolia
The residents of the Magnolia had a cure for aging and a cure for honoring one's mother.
2810-2818 Broadway
2600-2610 Broadway
The Garmont
The residents' affluence made them targets of scammers and attacked they were.
2651-2657 Broadway
The Broadway
In the City "so nice they named it twice"...The Broadway, on, you guessed it...Broadway.
2628-2630 Broadway
2628-2630 Broadway
These billiards players couldn't take a clue, but they did take a cue...
2433 Broadway
The Stoddard Theatre
Both father John and son Harry Lindsey Cort each made this Thomas Lamb building special.
2551-2555 Broadway
2551-2555 Broadway
A mixed-use building with a mix of users from restaurants to a grocery store and night club.
2825-2831 Broadway
2825-2831 Broadway
Once home to two legacy businesses, now long gone: Woolworth's and Cushman's Bakery.
2491-2495 Broadway
2461 Broadway
2461 Broadway
New York Congressman and Tammany Politics didn't always collide, but here they do.
2625-2627 Broadway
2625-2627 Broadway
Where's the beef? It was here and nationwide in an 1973 butcher shop boycott.
2549 Broadway
2549 Broadway
Mcdonald's did its own "arts and crafts" project with this Arts & Crafts facade.
2629-2631 Broadway
215 West 95th Street
