2200 Broadway

2200 Broadway

2200 Broadway View of 2200 Broadway taken from southwest; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Sanford and The Rexford Apartments by Tom Miller In May 1913 Paterno Brothers, Inc. acquired the blockfront on the east side of Broadway, between 78th and 79th Streets from Harry Barnes Newberry and Alfred Barnes.  Designed by the firm Schwartz &...
2783-2785 Broadway

2783-2785 Broadway

2783-2785 Broadway View of 2783-2885 Broadway taken from east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Trouville Apartments by Tom Miller In 1899 real estate developers H. L. & L. Ottinger completed construction on their upscale apartment house, The Trouville, at 2783 and 2785 Broadway.  Designed by Henry Andersen, it was technically two...
200 West 72nd Street

200 West 72nd Street

200 West 72nd Street View of 200 West 72nd Street taken from southeast; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Colonial Club by Tom Miller On July 2, 1890 The New York Times ran a two-line notice saying “Permission has been granted by the Supreme Court to the Occident Club to change its name.  It will be known as the Colonial Club of...
68th Street Station House

68th Street Station House

68th Street Station House View of the 68th Street Station House from north.  Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive. The 68th Street Station House by Tom Miller By the late 1880’s the burgeoning Upper West Side district demanded a police station.  The city acquired the building plots at 150 and 152 West 68th Street in 1890 as the site for...
2220-2226 Broadway

2220-2226 Broadway

2220-2226 Broadway View of 2220-2226 Broadway taken from southwest; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Spreter Department Store by Tom Miller Robert E. Dowling was 48 years old in 1902.  He had opened his real estate office at Columbus Avenue and 104th Street in October 1885.  By now he was a real estate mogul, having co-founded the New...