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Category Archives: Historic Victorian
OUR MEN IN HAVANA
EVEN in Cuba they know it’s a waiting game, waiting for the Castros to exit the stage, and for Cuba to open up. When Americans finally do arrive in quantity, New Yorkers will notice something familiar about Havana, for a string of New York architects found it fertile ground a century ago. Continue reading
15 Union Square West- interesting makeover with layers peeled off.
Fascinating layered history and facade reuse and reinterpretation at Union Square. Continue reading
Stanford White’s Backdrop for the Panic of 1907
THE continuing banking debacle presents some parallels with the sad case of Charles Tracy Barney, who in the Panic of 1907 lost control of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, which shut down to his disgrace. And just as Mr. Barney’s tragedy was playing out, the seeds were sown for the mutilation of his superb 1903 bank at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, designed by Stanford White.
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50 WEST STREET IF IT’S NOT ONE THING, IT’S ANOTHER
Developer Time Equities broke ground in June 2008 on a 66-story hotel/condo tower at 50 West Street. It was a grand affair, with the company’s CEO Francis Greenberger and city officials joined by a vicar, a reverend and a rabbi … Continue reading
Shoring Up a Landmark Ruin on Roosevelt Island
When we last left the haunting Gothic ruin of the old Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island, it was more ruined than ever. Continue reading




