By Claudie Benjamin For some, elegantly simple eyeglass frames made of titanium or real gold might seem a bit “de trop”. But, not so much at all if you compare the look and quality of eyeglasses to a luxury car purchase of say, a BMW or a Mercedes suggests Steven, one of the three owners of EuroOptica located at 280 Columbus Avenue and...
March 14, 2021 marks what would be Ada Louise Huxtable’s 100th birthday. Huxtable (1921-2013), a native New Yorker, was a pioneer in architectural criticism, and a champion of livable cities. As the first full-time architecture critic at a major American Newspaper (The New York Times created the position specifically for her in 1963), she won the...
311 West 72nd St., Sutphen Residence View of 311 West 72nd Street taken from south along West 72nd Street; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Twilight Sleep and other Unwarranted “Advances” by Tom Miller In 1701, Cornelius Dyckman acquired 94 acres of open land centered around what would become Broadway and 73rd Street. His daughter,...
Building Detectives @ Home This lesson uses resources from Landmark West’s Building Detectives program and Chapter 2 of our award-winning My Preservation Journal. This lesson targets all elementary school grades – it can easily be adapted to all skill levels! Simply click the menus below to access additional information. Brownstones...
