51 Central Park West View of 51 Central Park West aka 3 West 65th Street from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Holy Trinity Lutheran Church by Tom Miller The first Lutherans arrived in America around 1620, settling along the Hudson River. For two centuries they would be a religious minority in New York, overshadowed by,...
55 Central Park West View of 55 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 55 Central Park West by Tom Miller For decades The Courtney and The Georgian Court had stood at the southwest corner of Central Park West and 66th Street. Like other resident hotels along the swanky street, their residents enjoyed spacious...
170 Central Park West View of 170 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The New-York Historical Society Building, 170 Central Park West by Tom Miller Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society had moved several times before considering yet another location in 1902. On November 16 that year, the New-York...
65 Central Park West View of 65 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 65 Central Park West by Tom Miller The 1920’s saw Central Park West transformed as late Victorian residential hotels and at least one theater made way for the streamlined, Art Deco apartment buildings that would define the upscale...
370 Central Park West View of 370 Central Park West from north east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 370 Central Park West by Tom Miller Fred Fillmore French founded the Fred F. French Company in 1910 when he was just 27 years old. At the time, the firm consisted of himself and a boy whom he paid $15 a week. He succeeded in the real...
