LANDMARK WEST! is pleased to present THE BOULEVARD with our partners at the WEST END PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

The Boulevard

Following the approval of Central Park, the Board of Commissioners revisited the design of streets on the Upper West Side, ultimately widening what was formerly the Bloomingdale Road.  Formally redesigned in 1869 as “The Boulevard” planners foresaw a stately residential street marked by double rows of elm trees viewed from 15-foot wide sidewalks and accented by 30-foot wide planted zones to green the thoroughfare.

From getting paved in asphalt in 1890 to dug up in 1904 for the IRT and relandscaped during the Depression under Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, join us curb-to-curb as we explore this renowned corridor first traversed by New York’s indigenous peoples.

Find out more about the rich history of Broadway.  Scroll through the map below and click on any highlighted area. Want to dive deeper? Click “Read More” from the pop up window. Interested in a particular address? Click on the corresponding icon below the map to get right to the full story.

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171 West 71st Street

The Dorilton

Who said too much was ever enough? The Dorilton would challenge them--and win.  An architectural confection, this building will surely ruin your teeth!

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2081-2089 Broadway

The Newsreel Theatre or the Hotel St. Andrew? 

What was once a hotel became a theatre but now there is nothing to "see" here.

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72nd Street Kiosk

The Sherman Square Station

There are injustices every day in the subway, and there were even in the early 1900's during the nascent days of the system.  Despite the ubiquity of advertising today, there was a time when censorship reigned but determined suffragists would not have it!

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2091 Broadway

The Wood, Dolson & Co. Building

A multi-faceted building intended to harmonize with the adjacent church holds its own ground and shares in the responsibility of improving the lives of citizens...even if that is just their economic citizenry.

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2101-2119 Broadway

The Ansonia

After creating an initial riot, the ceremonies for the Upper West Side's "Wedding Cake" quieted with years of neglect but $100M later, the pizzazz is back!

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2124 Broadway

The Beacon of Broadway

A Roxy Theatre Circuit flagship was "Midway" but could not remain silent.  Reborn with a voice by Warner Brothers, the Beacon went live in 1976, and was restored to life in 2009.

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2131 Broadway

The Schrafft's Restaurant Building

Taking "take this to go" to a new level, Schrafft's took “all of the wall paneling, the electric fixtures, the cooling and ventilating system.”

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2112 Broadway

The Central Savings Bank Building

To put it simply, "The massive limestone blocks provided the impenetrable impression necessary in a banking institution; while the grand arched openings at the lower levels, and the more delicate two-story openings at the upper floors provided a sense of elegance.  

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2160 Broadway

The Jones Speedometer Building

Do you have a need, a need for speed?  If so you may also have a need for a Joseph W. Jones Speedometer, and we've got just the place for you!  

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2162 Broadway

The Manhattan Towers Hotel

Divine intervention turned this thriving congregation into a Skyscraper Church, but the stock market crash lead the hotel to default and the bank repossess the site.  A Mormon Church, Navy housing, and hotel later, today's Opera has cleaned up the reputation of a building with a colorful past.

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2175 Broadway

The Hotel Belleclaire

A breakthrough project for Emery Roth, The Hotel Belleclaire leaned into the Art Nouveau and the Viennese Secession styles.  Providing elegance for human and lions alike--check out who checked in.    

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2320-2326 Broadway

Conjoined Buildings for Condensed Milk

A stable became a warehouse depot, became a garage, became apartments and is about to become out of existence.

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215 West 91st Street

The De Soto

Largely refined and dignified residents inhabited the De Soto...just ignore the woman who couldn't stand to breathe the same air as her husband.

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2626 Broadway

The Metro (Midtown) Theatre

Seeing double?  Catch a double feature or just do a double take--this deco beauty was split in two at least twice and claims two names.

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2689-2693 Broadway

The Hotel Marseilles

Press is press, right? In a pre-Yelp world, the Hotel Marseilles couldn't catch a break in avoiding negative headlines, but this French-inspired treat has served well to those in need of its shelter.

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2710-2714 Broadway

The Horn & Hardart Building

Forget your two-cents, Horn and Hardart wanted your five cents--and did into the 1950's.  Just watch out for the nickel-throwers...

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2801-2821 Broadway

The Manhasset Apartments

Why leave well enough alone?  Three architects combine to complicate this block long pair of matching buildings for Schuyler Square.

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255 West 90th Street

The Cornwall

"Lusty Art Nouveau motifs" define the architecture but lead footed fiends once defined the residents of the Cornwall who had a need for speed.

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2420-2494 Broadway

Astor Court

Deja Vu?  If you think you've see this one before, you may well have!  New York City's second "Astor Court" this one is replete with the founders of Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and the Fox Film Corporation.

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2350 Broadway

Hotel Bretton Hall

Used as a safe house for a child in hiding as well as home to the bodyguard of the Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, aka "the Blind Sheikh"...one could say these walls saw their fair share of history.

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265 West 79th Street

First Baptist Church

Happily the subway didn't ruin this landmark as they feared, but the stained glass skylights nearly did.

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2141-2149 Broadway

The Astor Apartments

Speeding drivers and quick party escapes define this building’s history whose own renovation went slowly.

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2211 Broadway

The Apthorp

Named for the 18th century estate of Charles Ward Apthorp, The Apthorp maintained an air of sophistication.  But some of its residents?  They 'just wanna have fun'!

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2241-2247 Broadway

The Hotel Emerson/The Calvin Apartments

Arguably one of the top social landmarks in the neighborhood if not the city, Zabar's has been a consistent presence on the block since 1934.

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2248-2258 Broadway

Keith's 81st Street Theatre

The initial plan was vaudeville, with "photo-plays" and went feature pictures before becoming a television studio.  It's "second act" is retail.

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2307 Broadway

The West Side Republican Club

With so many facade changes and storefront revisions, which would you vote for?

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2315 Broadway

The Broadway Fashion Building

Of course Broadway has always been fashionable but this building went so far as to claim it!  After years of neglect, this building is back in style.

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Straus Park

Bloomingdale Square / Straus Park

A small park for a humble couple with a big impact on NYC and American history.

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Verdi Square

Verdi Square

A determined Charles Barsotti would not let improbability, doubting press or harassing patrolmen stop him from honoring composer Giuseppe Verdi.

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200 West 72nd Street

The Colonial Club

This out-of-place Club that was too-far west, and too-far north broke the rules, admitting women, shunning its younger members, and before very long broke itself. The well-heeled could not keep it afloat yet the structure stood for over a century. There is no mention if the developers who replaced it recovered the cornerstone which held a copper box containing "club manuals and documents, a photograph of General Sherman’s funeral passing Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, a Civil War badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, copies of various newspapers and poems written by member William M. Kerr to “Our Children’s Children’s Children.”

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251 West 89th Street

The Admaston

Servants in the Admaston tended to "help themselves" while a dancer proved just how painless keeping house could be.

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2220-2226 Broadway

The Spreter Department Store

A tax payer with a long history in retail, this corner has witnessed an array of retail tenants and still serves its original purpose.

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225 West 86th Street

The Belnord

Not really any “Murders in the Building” but for a time, failing plumbing and electrical systems and an epic landlord-tenant battle!

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246 West 80th Street

The Broadway Studio Building

The "reds" the Feds were concerned about were not coming from the Parsons School of Design, but the building's later tenants, the Stevenson School.

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233 West 83rd Street

The Amidon

Divorces can get messy, but to have a spouse committed for mental evaluation just to break it off?  That's an extreme measure, but hey, all is fair in love and war, right?

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2581 Broadway

The Unter den Linden

Flowing drinks and loud music whether you were at the Unter den Linden beer garden, or just a neighbor...

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2641 Broadway

The Grimm Building

Despite its name, this building was more jovial on account of the foamy libations introduced by the Doelger's.

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233 West 99th Street

The Trafalgar Towers

Wood Venetian blinds and metal clothes hampers would hardly be deemed amenities worth listing today but mediums are also less common now...

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2720-2724 Broadway

Broadway View Hotel

Intended as a skyscraper church, this wholly unholy construction is known for its skilled canaries and craftspeople.

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216 West 100th Street

The Allenhurst

Bertram I. Rich lived up to his name..."His chief occupation since the time he inherited the million left by his father...has been to keep money in circulation."

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2200-2228 Broadway

The Sanford and The Rexford Apartments

Jewelry had a habit of disappearing at these twin apartments. Whether trusted to a physician, a travelling son or retrieved by an uninvited acquaintance, these accessories were in high demand.

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2783-2785 Broadway

The Trouville Apartments

The chances are that you'll find what you are looking for at the Trouville.  From artificial logs to fake fish, there were lots of phonies here.

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214 West 92nd Street

St. James Court

The delivery boy was looking for a tip, and he got one: don't wake a sleeping boxer or his convalescing child.

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250 West 91st Street

The Versailles

Music celebrity resounded through the halls of the Versailles and water through its walls.  

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2345 Broadway

Euclid Hall

Deep light courts accentuated the massing of Euclid Hall where apartments were designed to be large enough to host large dances...one hopes the floors were soundproofed.  

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2753 Broadway

936 West End Avenue, aka 2753 Broadway 

936 West End Avenue?  2753 Broadway?  The Lancaster?  Multiple addresses, multiple names and multiple personalities filled this landmark and its history. 

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2508 Broadway

2508 Broadway 

Life imitates art at the Narragansett Hotel.  From the rags to riches of a hotel employee to the riches to rags of a popular playwright recluse. 

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2276 Broadway

2276 Broadway

Some like it hot.  While diners at Childs' Restaurant came for the food, Nellie Gutosky aka Norma Parker came for the cash register.  

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2780 Broadway

2780 Broadway

When Sava Seyaha turned from stocks to real estate, he likely thought it was a safe bet.  It wasn't.

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2270-2272 Broadway

2270-2272 Broadway

The police stationed them selves here for, but so would you, if you were in the know. 

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2758 Broadway

2758 Broadway

Once home to the Friends of the Irish Republic, then a Communist and Socialist meeting hall, and then the Riverside Democratic Club...what next?    

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2749-2751 Broadway

The Westbourne

Clarence Eddy made beautiful music...just not with his wife.  Augusto Cuartas did too as Augie's Jazz Bar, but that went up in SMOKE. 

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2741-2747 Broadway

The Cleburne

Try this for "A Wrinkle in Time": Mrs. Cheatham lived up to her name, was convicted of shoplifting, faked a suicide, was presumed drowned yet turned up in Chicago...

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2708 Broadway

The Grafton

One wonders what ever happened to the Humphreys--and their marriage.  Oliver happened to stab himself near the heart while cutting bread, but his helpful wife had full explanations for the police.  

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2680-2684 Broadway

2680-2684 Broadway

Read All About It: The New York Times gets swindled by its staff accountant...who bears the accountability?

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215 West 75th Street

215 West 75th Street

An exuberant terra cotta topper caped this building brimming with stories including the UWS's most famous madam.

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250 West 78th Street

The Curlew

As the saying goes, if you believe it you can achieve it.  Isaac Ludlow believed he could make a flying machine.  He just need a motor.

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2504 Broadway

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Advent

Known for its ministry to musicians, Evangelical Lutheran's Pastor Reverend John Garcia Gensel did "field work" in various jazz clubs.

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2609 Broadway

The Arragon and the Navarre

These two buildings pass as one, but an undercover detective could not pass off Olive Murray for lewd behavior.

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2643-2645 Broadway

The Ben Hur

A novel, a stage play, a religious epic film...how novel!

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2183-2189 Broadway

2183-2189 Broadway 

A crooked cop and an honest kid.

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2067 Broadway

2067 Broadway 

A forgotten work by Rosario Candela hiding in plain sight!

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2659-2667 Broadway

The Darlington

A suffering suffragist and a trying teetotaler.

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2660-2668 Broadway

The Chepstow

A firefighter goes above and beyond.

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2135 Broadway

Eldorado

An empire on a block of grocers.

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2273-2275 Broadway

The Saxony

The first apartment building designed by Emery Roth

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2440-2446 Broadway

The Haroldon Court

Two untimely passings and narcotics passing as toys...

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2161-2169 Broadway

The Colorado

Lilian Steen had at least one "bad hair day" in her life...

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2093-2099 Broadway

The Rutgers Building

Bank on this one, which has been a bank since it was built in 1926...

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2121 Broadway

2121 Broadway 

A brazen mid-day heist leaves neighbors stunned!

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201 West 71st Street

The Lester Building

This building was a favorite for real estate offices, but not for the tenants of those realtors!

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2120-2122 Broadway

The Hotel Prisament

A young Lucille Ball rested her ginger locks here for an $18-a-week split.

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2150 Broadway

The Aeon Garage

Park it here for the history of this garage...

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225 West 106th Street

225 West 106th Street

Exploding bags of money keep robbers away, but deter the bank as well.

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2820 Broadway

2820 Broadway 

A fancy violin and a few boys with expensive taste.

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2568-2574 Broadway

The Wilmington

The father of the NYC Public School design lived here--as did some who needed to learn lessons.

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255 West 108th Street

The Manchester

Once home to the last surviving member of the Old Guard of the City of New York who fought in the Civil War!

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2511 Broadway

The Stanton

The people have voted!  And they named the Co-op at 250 West 94th Street after Elizabeth Cady Stanton!

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2124-2136 Broadway

The Hotel Beacon

Not a pet sanctuary per se...

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2182-2186 Broadway

The 77th Street Theatre

Thomas Lamb created an escape, as did the Cafe Old Europe, but both were ultimately ephemeral.

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2794 Broadway

2794 Broadway

An unexpected place to leave one's children...permanently.

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2244 Broadway

The Varuna

Even millionaire's aren't safe.  William Earl Dodge Stokes was blackmailed for $25,000 by women with revolvers...and he was dodging bullets.

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2541-2547 Broadway

The Tuileries

Among its many architectural features, this building had faulty windows which residents sadly fell from.

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2528 Broadway

The Hotel Newton

This Opera singer's adoptive mother was not going to let his wife get in the way of their special relationship.

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2536 Broadway

2536 Broadway

Resident Reverend Phebe A. Hanaford was a descendant of the founder of Nantucket, her mother was  descendant of the Maylower pilot, and she was a direct descendant of Benjamin Franklin's grandfather...how about that for references?

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2170 Broadway

The Wellsmore

Feast your eyes on this: Early celebrity chef Andre Bustanoby lived here with his wife and five children.

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215 West 88th Street

The Buchova

Abundance was part of the design intent of the Buchova but for some residents like James O. Stewart there was a limit, and that was his wife's whim of a demand for an airplane.

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250 West 88th Street

The Metropolitan (Central) Apartments

William N. Fleischmann's in-laws were visiting and withdrew nearly $300,000 of jewelry from storage but after being robbed seemed more concerned about the thieves also taking tickets to the Dempsey-Carpentier fight...

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219 West 81st Street

The Anonova

An actress who thought she was taking medicine and a pharmacist who knew what he was selling wasn't medicine...

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2828-2834 Broadway

The Nemo Theatre

Vaudeville with jugglers and trained animals gave way to programming "especially suitable for young persons."

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2788 Broadway

The Van Koven Apartments

This Clarence True building is a combo of twos--two structures, two facades, and two very different groups of residents.

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2180 Broadway

2180 Broadway

It was possibly a hotel, and definitely a civic incubator for many organizations.

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2824 Broadway

2824 Broadway 

Piecemeal or peace meal?  This site was known for rallies against Nazis and uniting competitors.

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2721-2727 Broadway

The Armstead

Sibling rivalries can run straight to the grave...and beyond!

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300 West 108th Street

The Charleton

Rosario Candela fired this one off on Broadway, but unfortunately, Officer Edwards also fired one of his own off on Broadway...

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255 West 84th Street

The Alameda

Lucianne Goldberg had a penchant for recording others.  So did Michael Moore.

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251 West 92nd Street

The Roxborough

One very lucky baby and General Theophilus Francis Rodenbaugh, a Civil War hero!

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2633-2635 Broadway

The Carlton Theatre

Free suits and fake guns add drama to this lost theatre.

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248 West 105th Street

The Elizabeth

aka the headquarters of the James Connolly Branch of the Communist Party...

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2612-2614 Broadway

The Marion

An early case for emotional support animals.

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220 West 98th Street

The Borchardt

The Jesuits helped stabilize this building but their stabilized rents left the owner unbalanced.

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2833-2839 Broadway

2833-2839 Broadway 

First one, then two and now one once again.  This tax payer has this site covered.

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2770 Broadway

The Olympia Theater

A second act, yes, but no third.  This theater was demolished in October of 2003.

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222 West 83rd Street

The Manhill 

Never make a mountain out of a "Manhill" but apparently you can make a Manhill out of a Jerome Palace.

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214 West 91st Street

The Hotel Greystone

Alberto Arroyo gave everyone a run for it!

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221 West 82nd Street

The Myron Arms

Tic-Tac-Dough?  More like Tic-Tac-D'oh! Cheaters never win, but this one had a second chance.

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2465 Broadway

The F.W. Woolworth Co. Building

This five and dime was used to making change, and the building was no exception.  A restaurant to pool parlor to a bingo hall to community group and a gym.

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255 West 88th Street

255 West 88th Street

Accidental fires and fireworks define the history of this building.

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2640 Broadway

2640 Broadway

The architecture of this building is a cut above but the cut below is the one that sealed its history.

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2501 Broadway

2501 Broadway

Maud Hewitt, the daughter of sugar broker Francis Hewitt was born with a literal sugar daddy--her personal relationships were not so sweet.

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2251-2253 Broadway

2251-2253 Broadway 

Home to the West Side Repertory Theater until it's curtain call in 2013.

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2409-2415 Broadway

The Yorktown Theater

An art house for film that appeared in an art house film.

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2644-2658 Broadway

The Walter Arms

The one-time home of Emery Roth, by Emery Roth.

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2640 Broadway

2640 Broadway

Martin Simons & Sons had an unsafe safe.

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2490-2498 Broadway

2490-2498 Broadway

Tales of taking the elevator down and stocking up.

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2480-2488 Broadway

The Clayton

The one-time home to the Lesbian Herstory Archive!

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2361-2373 Broadway

2361-2373 Broadway

Tip Toe on over for some "Special Spaghetti and Chicken Livers"!

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2642 Broadway

2642 Broadway 

Horses, Garage, Car Service this little building has maintained a connection to its roots despite its consistent change.

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2750-2758 Broadway

The Kenmac

So what if her husband bound and gagged a state trooper and threw him in a ditch--did the FBI really have to resort to violence as well?  One may never know if Arlene's tears were from the pain of her gunshot wound or the tear gas flooding her apartment.

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2192-2194 Broadway

2192-2194 Broadway

It was Walter F. Weed's Birthday and he'd cry if he wanted to, cry if he wanted to...

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2188 Broadway

2188 Broadway

Patrolman Clancy made a bad bet.

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235 West 103rd Street

The Friesland

Just like they always say--if the coffee's not right, get stuck in a dumbwaiter...

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2190 Broadway

2190 Broadway

Vitrolite kept this building shining until someone decided to spruce it up.

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2709-2717 Broadway

2707-2719 Broadway 

Judge Mayo's unfortunate lapse in judgement.

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2672 Broadway

The Kent

Associated with kidnappings, armed robberies and even a hitchhiker, never say you KENT when you can!

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2552-2558 Broadway

2552-2558 Broadway 

An illegal distiller and links to Lucky Luciano all in one building.

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2281-2299 Broadway

2281-2299 Broadway 

Home to many an UWS-architecture firm and a long run as a Schraffts.

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2686 Broadway

2686 Broadway 

Residents like Israel Ludlow literally reached new heights while living here.

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2681-2687 Broadway

The Broadmoor Hotel

Let this be a lesson to never take advice from the ashes of the dearly departed.

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2690 Broadway

2690 Broadway 

A complex kidnapping foiled with the help of the police.

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2688 Broadway

2688 Broadway 

Herbert Siogle was a soda jerk, he was also just a run-of-the-mill jerk.

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2228-2236 Broadway

2228-2236 Broadway

Automobile Row turned "five and dime row" here, but nothing lasts forever.

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225 West 83rd Street

Loew's 83rd Street Theatre

He had 32 theatres at this point, but this was the one in Marcus Loew's own neighborhood.

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2730-2738 Broadway

The Overdene

Not to be overdone, the Overdene was known for one of its more illustrious characters, Gottfried Walbaum--known for "operating racetracks (reportedly shadily), gambling parlors and brothels."  Business is business...  

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2726 Broadway

2726 Broadway 

Kilder's Business Center was anything but--join the club!

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2728 Broadway

2728 Broadway 

It is generally a good rule of thumb not to shoot fellow restaurant diners for being too loud--that doubly applies when cops are on their way in.

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2503-2509 Broadway

2503-2509 Broadway 

Being stuck in a chicken box is nothing to cluck at.

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2381-2387 Broadway

The Fife Arms

Aware adolescents and ardent abolitionists!

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2740-2748 Broadway

2740-2748 Broadway 

This speakeasy became headquarters for a subversive Communist group named for Abraham Lincoln.

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229 West 97th Street

The Powellton

Large apartments and an even bigger history define the Powellton.

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2637-2639 Broadway

The Whitehall Hotel

Where the Giants football team once resided...

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2647-2649 Broadway

The Linlaugh

Couples have been known to elope, but escaping your own wedding?

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243 West 99th Street

The Colonial (Karlsruhe) Apartments

This building having two names seems more normal when one reads of its resident, Dr. Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr. who had two wives and two families...

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2527-2537 Broadway

The Symphony Theatre

It's a Market! It's an Ice Rink! It's a Restaurant! It's a Cinema! It's a Theatre!

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2521-2523 Broadway

The Healy Building

Remarkably unremarkable.

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2571-2579 Broadway

The Riviera Theatre

Pelmanize your mind!

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2561-2569 Broadway

The Riverside Theatre

Former home of Motion Pictures, Meetings, Vaudville and Lawsuits...

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2473-2475 Broadway

2473-2475 Broadway 

Where Malcolm X once danced...

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250 West 85th Street

The Towers

When you are done with your wife, simply send her her clothes and change the locks...

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2330-2342 Broadway

2330-2342 Broadway

A small tax payer grows up.

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2274 Broadway

2274 Broadway

A musician's haven.

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2261-2271 Broadway

The Forres

Operatic baritone Emilio de Gogorza went on a concert tour, but when he returned home, he was singing a different tune!

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2310-2318 Broadway

2310-2318 Broadway, aka 210 West 84th Street

Life is a gamble, and so is playing roulette, no matter who you are.

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2380-2398 Broadway

2380-2398 Broadway 

A segment of Automobile row with a segmented past.

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2787 Broadway

The St. Austen

Accomplished women set the tone of this building but time took a toll and the DOB took it's cornice.

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2731 Broadway

The Marguerite

What do a hot Roman Rosary, a Smoking Jacket and a flaming stairwell have in common?  Well, the Marguerite!

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216 West 89th Street

The Bellguard

Hidden jewels and craftsmen jewelers tied to the Bellguard.

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301 West 107th Street

301 West 107th Street

An arrest with a civilian vehicle!

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2700 Broadway

The Edison Theatre Building

They say theater is a reflection of life, and this theater was a reflection of the neighborhood.

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240 West 102nd Street

The Magnolia

The residents of the Magnolia had a cure for aging and a cure for honoring one's mother.

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215 West 94th Street

The Monterey

This hotel was rebranded before it even opened!

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2532-2534 Broadway

The Bonnyview and The Ordway

Pomp and Pomerantz's Restaurant.

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231 West 96th Street

The Metropolitan (Ancott)

Lost minds and borrowed cars.

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2810-2818 Broadway

2810-2818 Broadway 

If you can't stand the heat, don't fire the dishwasher!

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2600-2610 Broadway

The Garmont

The residents' affluence made them targets of scammers and attacked they were.

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241 West 97th Street

The Sabrina

Never get between a girl and her diamonds!

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2651-2657 Broadway

The Broadway

In the City "so nice they named it twice"...The Broadway, on, you guessed it...Broadway.

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2628-2630 Broadway

2628-2630 Broadway

These billiards players couldn't take a clue, but they did take a cue...

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2433 Broadway

The Stoddard Theatre

Both father John and son Harry Lindsey Cort each made this Thomas Lamb building special.

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243 West 98th Street

The Sweet William

Stopping burglars is a community affair.

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2551-2555 Broadway

2551-2555 Broadway

A mixed-use building with a mix of users from restaurants to a grocery store and night club.

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2825-2831 Broadway

2825-2831 Broadway

Once home to two legacy businesses, now long gone: Woolworth's and Cushman's Bakery.

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2491-2495 Broadway

H. L. Green Co. Store

A cop and an athletic cashier who would not stand for "change."

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2461 Broadway

2461 Broadway

New York Congressman and Tammany Politics didn't always collide, but here they do.

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2463 Broadway

2463 Broadway

Mostly restaurants, with a side of politics and guns.

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230 West 99th Street

La Riviera

Life at this Riviera was not always a beach...

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2625-2627 Broadway

2625-2627 Broadway

Where's the beef?  It was here and nationwide in an 1973 butcher shop boycott.

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2549 Broadway

2549 Broadway

Mcdonald's did its own "arts and crafts" project with this Arts & Crafts facade.

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2629-2631 Broadway

2629-2631 Broadway

The self-proclaimed first all-in-one eye specialists.

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215 West 95th Street

The Royal Garage

A suffragist site that represented women farmers and growers!

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2489 Broadway

2489 Broadway

That time that Pete's beans made headlines...

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LANDMARK WEST! is pleased to present THE BOULEVARD in partnership with our colleagues at the WEST END PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

 

Special thanks to Tom Miller and Claudie Benjamin along with Reno Dakota, who helped make this project possible.

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