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New York
Architecture Images-Upper West Side Pomander Walk |
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architect |
King & Campbell |
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location |
261-267 W. 94th St., 260-274 W. 95th St. and Pomander Walk |
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1922 |
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style |
Tudor Revival |
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construction |
various (less then 1 acres, 27 buildings) |
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Houses |
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notes |
I shot this
picture of Pomander Walk through a
thick set of bars; it's one of the most private, guarded streets in
Manhattan. Between W. 94 and W. 95 Sts. near Broadway, it is the only street
in Manhattan named for a stage play. The alley and its row of small town
houses were constructed in 1922 and have pretty much stayed unchanged since
then.
In 1920, nightclub proprietor Thomas Healy acquired the property and hired the architectural firm King & Campbell, which designed a row of Tudor style buildings with various styles of brick, stucco and mock half-timbering. "The effect obtained is as though a portion of the olden times was transported through the heart of the modern world."--Architecture & Building Magazine, 1922. Healy meant to tear down the buildings after a few years and construct a hotel, but this reminder of an earlier age is still there! Some Pomander Walk residences preserve peculiarities from when they were first constructed, like exterior dumbwaiters. Although all originally were rentals, all apartments now sell for a quarter mil and up. |
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