77 + 79 Manhattan Ave.

77 + 79 Manhattan Ave.

77 + 79 Manhattan Ave. View of 77 + 79 Manhattan Avenue from east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives 77 + 79 Manhattan Ave. by Tom Miller In October 1890, real estate developer William J. Davenport purchased land at the southwest corner of Manhattan Avenue and 104th...
13 + 15 Manhattan Ave.

13 + 15 Manhattan Ave.

13 + 15 Manhattan Ave. View of 13 + 15 Manhattan Avenue from south west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives 13 + 15 Manhattan Ave. by Tom Miller Developer William Rankin erected four five-story apartment buildings at 11 through 19 Manhattan Avenue in 1897.  Designed...
28-46 Manhattan Ave.

28-46 Manhattan Ave.

28-46 Manhattan Ave. View of 28-46 Manhattan Avenue from north west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives 28-46 Manhattan Ave. by Tom Miller In 1895, architect Charles Stegmayer designed a row of apartment houses that would fill the eastern Manhattan Avenue blockfront of...
2 Manhattan Ave.

2 Manhattan Ave.

2 Manhattan Ave. View of 2 Manhattan Avenue from north west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives The Sharon, 2 Manhattan Ave. by Tom Miller In 1904, 29-year-old developer Robert M. Silverman initiated construction of four apartment buildings that would fill the eastern...
48 Manhattan Ave.

48 Manhattan Ave.

48 Manhattan Ave. View of 48 Manhattan Avenue from north west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives 48 Manhattan Ave. by Tom Miller In 1895, architect Charles Stegmayer designed six five-story, brick-faced apartment buildings for Jacob Jung that would engulf the eastern...