255 West 88th Street View of 255 West 88th Street aka 2401 Broadway from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 255 West 88th Street by Tom Miller On January 31, 1923, The New York Times reported that Joseph Golding had purchased the two three-story houses at 253 and 255 West 88th Street. The article noted that he had recently purchased...
2833-2839 Broadway View of 2833-2839 Broadway from north east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 2833-2839 Broadway by Tom Miller On October 22, 1910, the Real Estate Record & Guide remarked, “A year has made a great difference in that quarter of the city where Broadway intersects 110th st. (Cathedral Parkway). This is particularly...
61 West 70th Street View of 61 West 70th Street from south; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 61 West 70th Street by Megan Fitzpatrick The architectural firm of Charles Buek & Co. constructed one of the earliest rowhouses that appeared on the mostly late 19th-century block on 70th Street. This row of Renaissance Revival-style with Queen Anne...
214 West 91st Street View of 214 West 91st Street aka 2448-2458 Broadway from north west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Hotel Greystone by Tom Miller In May 1922 the architectural firm of Schwarz & Gross filed plans for “a 14-story brick, steel and limestone apartment hotel…with stores, at the southeast corner of Broadway...
400 West End Avenue View of 400 West End Avenue from northeast; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 400 West End Avenue by Megan Fitzpatrick Few apartment buildings are graced with the privilege of a name, however, this particular plot on the northeast corner of West End Avenue and 79th street was home to two consecutive blocks of named apartments. On...