The Broadway Malls

The Broadway Malls

The Broadway Malls View of Broadway looking north near 2566 Broadway; Image Courtesy NYC Transit Museum, via New-York Historical Society. ca. 8 March, 1909.  The Broadway Malls by Tom Miller Until 1811, the year the Commissioner’s Plan was released, Broadway stretched as far north as 10th Street, where it merged with the Bloomingdale...
The Hotel des Artistes: 1 West 67th Street

The Hotel des Artistes: 1 West 67th Street

The Hotel des Artistes: 1 West 67th Street View of 1 West 67th Street from southwest; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Hotel des Artistes: 1 West 67th Street by Megan Fitzpatrick In 1917, the Hotel des Artistes was one of the last of the grand studio buildings to be constructed on West 67th. Walter Russell and a cooperative of artists were...
1961-1969 Broadway

1961-1969 Broadway

1961-1969 Broadway View of 1961-1969 Broadway from north east; Image Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive  Hotel Marie Antoinette by Tom Miller In 1893, William L. Flanagan, the president and director of the H. Clausen & Son Brewing Company, decided to diversify.  He hired architect J. Munkowitz to design a seven-story residential hotel...
265 Riverside Drive

265 Riverside Drive

265 Riverside Drive View of 265 Riverside Drive from north; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Gliffden by Tom Miller In 1909 architect George F. Pelham designed an 11-story apartment building for the West Side Construction Co. to be located at the southeast corner of Riverside Drive and 99th Street.  Known originally as The Gliffden, it was...
The Old Community – before Urban Renewal

The Old Community – before Urban Renewal

Black History Month, Urban Renewal

By Megan Fitzpatrick Today we are bringing you a little known story about a community of Black artists that took place in the West 90s of the Upper West Side. The image on the left shows West Park Village which was built in the spot where previously sat six blocks of rowhouses. Deemed a ‘slum’ by City officials these buildings and the...