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Excellent Examples of Ivy-Covered Buildings
There’s no doubt that an ivy-covered building catches the eye. Instagram, Facebook, vacation photos – there’s just something magnetic about an ivy-covered building. The way it spreads so beautifully and clings so wonderfully.…
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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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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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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…
Your Guide To All Things Upper West Side
