2091 Broadway View of 2091 Broadway from east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Wood, Dolson & Co. Building by Tom Miller Business was such in 1922 that the real estate firm Wood, Dolson & Co. required increased office space. Frederick R. Wood founded the firm just after the turn of the century as F. R. Wood & Co., and around...
472-476 Columbus Avenue View to 472-476 Columbus Avenue from east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Sing Sing, City Prison, or Direct Release by Tom Miller, for The Cultural Immigrant Initiative John F. Dunker was furiously erecting flat (or apartment) houses in the developing Upper West Side during the last quarter of the 19th century. In...
481 Columbus Avenue View to 481 Columbus Avenue from south west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Broken Promise Ring by Tom Miller, for The Cultural Immigrant Initiative In December 1885 the architectural firm of Thom & Wilson filed plans for a five-story brick flat, or apartment building, to be built for developer Edward Purcell on the...
219 Columbus Avenue View to 219 Columbus Avenue from west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Breaking the Mortgage Broker by Tom Miller, for The Cultural Immigrant Initiative Among the real estate developers active in the Upper West Side in the late 19th century was Sarah J. Doying. Real estate was one of the few male-dominated industries in...
2162 Broadway View of 2162 Broadway from south; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Manhattan Towers Hotel by Tom Miller The burgeoning population of Upper West Side desperately needed churches, police stations and fire houses by the mid-1890’s. In June 1896 a meeting was held in Leslie Hall, on 83rd Street and Broadway, which resulted...
