220-228 Columbus Avenue View of 220-228 Columbus Avenue from west along West 70th Street; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Uncle John’s Doll Hospital by Tom Miller, for They Were Here, Landmark West’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative In 1886 the real estate development firm John Farley & Son completed construction on two...
460 Columbus Avenue View of 460 Columbus Avenue from south along Columbus Avenue; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Tell-Tale Telegram by Tom Miller, for They Were Here, Landmark West’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative In 1885 real estate developer J. A. Hopper completed construction of a four-story flat, or apartment, building at the...
309-311 Columbus Avenue View of 309-311 Columbus Avenue from west along Columbus Avenue; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Spilt Milk at the Saybrook by Tom Miller, for They Were Here, Landmark West’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative In July 1890, architect Richard R. Davis filed plans for two flat, or apartment, buildings for developer F. J....
313 Columbus Avenue View of 313 Columbus Avenue aka 60 West 75th taken from north along Columbus Avenue at West 75th Street; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Hartford’s Stowaways of Bedloe’s Island by Tom Miller, for They Were Here, Landmark West’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative In November 1889 architect Frederick T. Camp...
225 Columbus Avenue View of 225 Columbus Avenue taken from west along Columbus Avenue; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Storage Wars — ca. 1893 by Tom Miller, for They Were Here, Landmark West’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative Ellen Gunning was one a of several self-reliant businesswomen in the late 19th century who made their livings in the...
