Days Gone By
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Grit, Gangsters, Grandeur and Glamour on One NYC Block
Next time you wonder along Riverside Drive between 105th and 106th Streets, pause to take in the “Seven Beauties”. No ordinary block, it is home to seven beautiful mansions, once filled with “actors,…
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Hiroshima Statue Resides Next to New York Buddhist Temple
Outside the New York Buddhist Temple at 331-332 Riverside Drive stands a large, 22-ton bronze figure, complete with a large, circular hat. It is Shinran Shonin, who, according to the Church’s website, founded…
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Step Back in Time at Hidden Pomander Walk
Pomander Walk, sometimes known as “The Walk” or “The Colony,” is a co-op building located between Broadway and West End on 94th and 95th Streets. For years I’ve made the mistake of hustling…
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Dakota Apartments a Magnet For the Rich and Famous
So much has been written about The Dakota Apartments over the years that it is almost impossible to come up with new or interesting facts that have yet to be documented! One thing…
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A Mansion of the Gilded Age
Meandering along Riverside Drive, make sure to stop and take note of the Schinasi Mansion, located between 107th & 108th Streets. Gothamtogo.com describes this building as the “last remaining detached single-family home in…
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Morris Jumel Mansion – A Treasure in Washington Heights
The Morris Jumel Mansion is a hidden gem well worth a visit by Upper West Side explorers. Located off 161st Street and easily accessible via public transport, the mansion sits in an area…
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Must See Coffee House on the Upper West Side
A Hungarian couple opened The Hungarian Pastry Shop in 1961. It has retained a remarkable and striking presence in its upper west side location to this very day. The cafe has changed ownership…
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Years at the Brennan Farmhouse
Edgar Allan Poe spent summering on NYC’s upper west side in the 1840’s. In what was primarily farmland at the time, Poe boarded at The Brennan Farmhouse, a home on what would later…
