225 West 106th Street

225 West 106th Street

225 West 106th Street View of 2760-2768 Broadway, aka 225 West 106th Street taken from south west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 225 West 106th Street by Tom Miller In 1927 Albert P. Frymier and William J. Hanna, partners in the development firm of Hanna & Frymier, contracted the architectural firm of Boak & Paris to design a large...
2120-2122 Broadway

2120-2122 Broadway

2120-2122 Broadway View of 2120-2122 Broadway taken from south west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Hotel Prisament by Tom Miller In 1921 Joseph Zuber assembled a syndicate called the 2120 Broadway Corporation to construct a sprawling residential hotel facing West 74th Street, stretching from Broadway to Amsterdam Avenue.  The firm of...
201 West 71st Street

201 West 71st Street

201 West 71st Street View of 2061-2065 Broadway taken from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Lester Building by Tom Miller In 1923 the Lester Building on the was completed on the northwest corner of Broadway and West 71st Street.  The architectural firm of Very, Browy & Behr had designed the eight-story structure in the Chicago...
2440-2446 Broadway

2440-2446 Broadway

2440-2446 Broadway View of 2440-2446 Broadway taken from south west; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Haroldon Court by Tom Miller In 1922 the 13-story and penthouse apartment building at the northeast corner of Broadway and 90th Street was completed.  Designed by the architectural firm of Rouse & Goldstone, its tripartite Renaissance...
2273-2275 Broadway

2273-2275 Broadway

2273-2275 Broadway View of 2273-2275 Broadway taken from north east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Saxony by Tom Miller In 1911 Warren Cady Crane founded Ye Olde Settlers’ Association of the West Side in a panicked attempt to halt the demolition of brick and brownstone residences—most only 30 years old—to clear the way for...