The Panhard & Levassor Showroom View of 1881 Broadway from south east. Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive. The Panhard & Levassor Showroom by Tom Miller On December 1, 1903, Panhard & Levassor, the Paris manufacturer of luxury automobiles and motorboats, opened an American Branch at 230-232 West 13th Street. The Automobile...
2528 Broadway View of 2528 Broadway from northwest; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Hotel Newton by Tom Miller In February 1902, the architectural firm of Ross & McNeil filed plans for a 9-story “brick and stone hotel” to be erected for developer Charles J. Judson on Broadway, between 94th and 95th Streets. The Hotel...
Music for Everyone View of 113 West 63rd Street from south west. Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive. Music for Everyone by Claudie Benjamin In the early 1960s, Leonard Bernstein, then Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, commissioned Aaron Copeland to compose the opening concert for the new home of the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln...
2182-2186 Broadway View of 2182-2186 Broadway, taken from south west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Springer’s 77th Street Theatre by Tom Miller In the summer of 1914 the Holmes Metropolitan Garage, a two-story structure on the east side of Broadway between 77th and 78th Street closed. The L-shaped structure also opened onto West...
Union Baptist Church View of 204-206 West 63rd Street from North. Image by NYC Housing Authority Courtesy LaGuardia/Wagner Archives. Union Baptist Church by Jessica Larson In 1904, Union Baptist Church constructed its second building at 204-206 W. 63rd Street, adjacent to its previous location at 202 W. 63rd Street. Designed by architect...
