2626 Broadway View of 2626 Broadway from west. Image Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive. The Metro (Midtown) Theatre by Tom Miller The seven-story Glenham Apartments opened at No. 2626 Broadway, between 99th and 100th Streets, in 1902. The sprawling apartments–seven and eight rooms each–were by no means...
Columbus Circle
By Claudie Benjamin Columbus Circle has been a moving target for decades with its character and the geography of its traffic routes changing over time. In the early 1940s, artist Henry E. Schnakenberg (1892-1970) who then lived on West End Avenue, captured the vitality of the southeast corner of West 58th Street. The painting, now part...
West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Celebration is the way Melanie Wesslock describes life. Her professional life as a portrait and event photographer involves her in many profoundly special celebratory moments. Take, for example, her images of a surprise proposal on Bow Bridge in Central Park last fall. Then another photo...
Eleanor Roosevelt Statue View of Eleanor Roosevelt Statue from east. Eleanor Roosevelt Statue by Tom Miller Although Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born to a socially prestigious family in 1884, her interests were far removed from the endless teas, dances and dinner parties expected of a turn-of-the-century debutante. Instead, upon returning from...
305 West 72nd Street View of 305 West 72nd Street from southwest. Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive LINK The Luxonia by Tom Miller One of the earliest signs that change was coming to the mansion-lined West 72nd Street arrived in December 1912, when architect Gaetan Ajello filed plans “for the 12-story apartment house to be erected in the...
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