2740-2748 Broadway View of 2740-2748 Broadway from south west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 2740-2748 Broadway by Tom Miller Benjamin F. Luyster was the son of the well-known builder C. W. Luyster. Late in 1919, he partnered with Thomas S. Quinn to form the real estate development firm of Luyster & Quinn. On December 6, the Real...
By Claudie Benjamin In the 70s, many young women were expected to date but not to sleep over at their boyfriend’s apartments before they were married. And moving in together without an exchange of rings was still considered questionable. Even knowing all that, Denise Pence Boockvor “felt something was instinctively right”...
254 & 256 West 88th Street View of 254 & 256 West 88th Street from north; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 254 & 256 West 88th Street by Tom Miller In 1884 developer Thomas Butler completed a row of seven houses on the rapidly-developing block of West 88th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue. Designed by Nelson M. Whipple, they...
251 Central Park West View of 251 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Rossleigh Court by Tom Miller On August 4, 1906, the Record & Guide noted, “Famous as a thoroughfare of fine apartment houses, Central Park West is seeing in the present more improving work than at any period in its history since the...
2281-2299 Broadway View of 2281-2299 Broadway from south west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 2281-2299 Broadway by Tom Miller In 1898 developer John O. Baker began construction on a two-story office building designed by William Strom that would engulf the entire Broadway blockfront between 82nd and 83rd Streets. Known as taxpayers, such low-rise...
