The Opulent Apartment Houses of The Boulevard
Online via ZoomThe Ansonia, the Belleclaire, the Dorilton, the Belnord, the Apthorp: five of the finest apartment hotels of “The Boulevard” on the Upper West Side. It was the turn of a new […]
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The Paterno Family: Chronicling an Architectural Legacy
Online via ZoomOne of Manhattan’s—and the Upper West Side’s-- most successful real estate family dynasties of the 1900s was the mighty Paterno clan. Incredibly, nearly all of their buildings still stand generations […]
This is No Dream: Making Rosemary’s Baby
Online via ZoomIn August 1967, Mia Farrow, Roman Polanski and the cast and crew of the film Rosemary’s Baby arrived in New York City for two weeks of location shooting. The famed […]
The Piccirilli Family: A Stone Carving Dynasty
Online via Zoomculptor and author John Belardo brings to LW! the fascinating story of “Piccirilli Brothers Sculptors,” a family of immigrants who gave their new country masterpieces to last a nation’s lifetime. Though their […]
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The New York Game
Online via ZoomHistorian Kevin Baker (a real major leaguer) returns to LW! with a look at America’s national pastime in the country’s largest city. Visionaries and fixers, heroes and gangsters—both the game and the city had them all. Baker introduces us to the motley/larger-than-life crew of New York hustlers, scalawags, and dreamers who made baseball such a popular and compelling game.
Have You “Herd”: The Nivola Horses Are Back
Online via ZoomItalian sculptor Costantino Nivola's 18 cast-concrete horse sculptures for Stephen Wise Towers are back! Uber conservators Mary Jablonski and Ed FitzGerald will tell the incredible story of how they recreated […]