West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Celebration is the way Melanie Wesslock describes life. Her professional life as a portrait and event photographer involves her in many profoundly special celebratory moments. Take, for example, her images of a surprise proposal on Bow Bridge in Central Park last fall. Then another photo...
Eleanor Roosevelt Statue View of Eleanor Roosevelt Statue from east. Eleanor Roosevelt Statue by Tom Miller Although Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born to a socially prestigious family in 1884, her interests were far removed from the endless teas, dances and dinner parties expected of a turn-of-the-century debutante. Instead, upon returning from...
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...
