305 West 72nd Street View of 305 West 72nd Street from southwest. Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive LINK The Luxonia by Tom Miller One of the earliest signs that change was coming to the mansion-lined West 72nd Street arrived in December 1912, when architect Gaetan Ajello filed plans “for the 12-story apartment house to be erected in the...
127 West 72nd Street View of 127 West 72nd Street from south. Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive LINK The 16-MPH Lead Foot by Tom Miller Charles Batchelor completed a row of five upscale homes along the north side of West 72nd Street, between Columbus Avenue and Broadway, in 1887. Designed by architect Martin V. B. Ferdon, the 20-foot-wide...
101 West 66th Street, The Colonial View South West to Lincoln Square/Richard Tucker Park from Columbus near West 67th Street; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive A “Ship that Never Goes to Sea” on Broadway Helped Build a Hospital in Greece by Kelly Carroll, for They Were Here, Landmark West’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative “The...
KPF@HOME Landmark Explorers What is preservation? Maybe you’ve never used the word, but you’re probably already a preservationist! Do you have a place where you save special toys or books that you used when you were younger? Saving those important pieces of your past- for yourself, or for our own children when you’re older- is a...
