2680-2684 Broadway View of 2680-2684 Broadway taken from west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 2680-2684 Broadway by Tom Miller In June 1896 developers Joseph Rosenberg and David Feinberg purchased the four lots on the northeast corner of the Western Boulevard (soon to be renamed Broadway) and 102nd Street, “for immediate improvement,”...
2708 Broadway View of 2708 Broadway taken from west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Grafton by Tom Miller Martha A. Lawson held her own within the male-dominated real estate development industry. She was responsible for houses and apartments on the Upper West Side in the 1880’s. In August 1885, she began an ambitious project...
2758 Broadway View of 2758 Broadway taken from west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 2758 Broadway by Tom Miller In April 1901, architect William J. Fryer filed plans for a seven-story brick apartment building on the southeast corner of Broadway and 106th Street for real estate operator and builder Samuel McMillan. At 28-feet-wide on...
244-246 Columbus Avenue View to 244-246 Columbus Avenue from east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Safe Safe by Tom Miller In August 1883 the architectural firm of Thom & Wilson filed plans for a four-story brownstone store and flat (or apartment) building on the northwest corner of 71st Street and Ninth Avenue (soon to be renamed Columbus...
2753 Broadway View of 2753 Broadway taken from east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 936 West End Avenue, aka The Lancaster Hotel by Tom Miller In 1898 architect John A. Hamilton designed a store and apartment building to engulf the northern end of the block between Broadway and West End Avenue, at West 106th Street. Completed within the...
