224 West 72nd Street View of 224 West 72nd Street taken from north along West 72nd Street; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive Queen Anne Moderne by Tom Miller In June 1885 Thomas J. Tobin sold four vacant lots to Thomas S. Ormiston and his father-in-law, William H....
By Claudie Benjamin When Peter Martin bought the brownstone building at 158 West 72nd Street in 1995 it contained a theater. His job some five years earlier had actually been as company manager for a musical revue...
By Claudie Benjamin How is it working with her daughter? “The best in the world” Ann Lang, MA, OTR, CHT, responds with a smile. A pioneer in the field of hand therapy, a subspecialty of Occupational Therapy, Ann began her career at Jacobi...
263 West End Avenue View of 263 West End Avenue taken from east along West 72nd Street; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Non-Hudson Towers by Tom Miller In 1923 Physi-Surge-Rhue, Inc. announced groundbreaking news—the planned construction of a 22-story combination...
By Claudie Benjamin Dorian Thornley is the owner of Westsider Books and Westsider Records with shops on 80th and Broadway (2246 Broadway) and at 233 West 72nd Street. Most of the records are for sale at the 72nd Street location where Bruce Eder has been...
By Claudie Benjamin Fischer Bros. & Leslie Kosher Butcher & Poultry at 230 West 72nd Street has seen the ups and downs of the Upper West Side. It has also stayed strong over the 72 years since it was opened 1949 by Morris and Louis Fischer. Leslie...
