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Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill History NYC – Ephemeral New York
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (886+ words) In the early 1900s, home builders in New York focused their efforts on the northern reaches of Manhattan, churning out speculative rows of spacious brownstones and apartment houses. Some were designed with creativity and style; others hammered together as quickly as…...
Beekman Theater Second Avenue – Ephemeral New York
1+ week, 5+ day ago (380+ words) Stores come and go; office buildings gain and lose tenants. But the grief really hits when a shuttered movie theater remains empty, stripped of posters, concession signs, even the theater's name. This is what remains of the Beekman Theater at…...
Movie Theaters of Old New York City – Ephemeral New York
1+ week, 5+ day ago (318+ words) Stores come and go; office buildings gain and lose tenants. But the grief really hits when a shuttered movie theater remains empty, stripped of posters, concession signs, even the theater's name. This is what remains of the Beekman Theater at…...
Hendrik Hudson Slum With a View 1950s – Ephemeral New York
2+ week, 5+ day ago (660+ words) When plans were announced in 1906 for the Hendrik Hudson apartment building, newspapers eagerly reported its unusually luxurious features. "The facade in scheme would be that of an Italian villa," wrote New York Times, calling out the limestone, brick, and terra…...
Faded outlines of long-gone houses New York City – Ephemeral New York
2+ week, 5+ day ago (285+ words) Bond Street today is a pricey place to live. And so it was in the 1830s, when it became one of New York's most exclusive enclaves. Wealthy residents fleeing the crowded and increasingly commercial neighborhoods below Houston Street sought refuge on…...
When Bond Street was an exclusive place to live – Ephemeral New York
2+ week, 5+ day ago (305+ words) Bond Street today is a pricey place to live. And so it was in the 1830s, when it became one of New York's most exclusive enclaves. Wealthy residents fleeing the crowded and increasingly commercial neighborhoods below Houston Street sought refuge on…...
Slum Apartment Buildings NYC – Ephemeral New York
2+ week, 5+ day ago (660+ words) When plans were announced in 1906 for the Hendrik Hudson apartment building, newspapers eagerly reported its unusually luxurious features. "The facade in scheme would be that of an Italian villa," wrote New York Times, calling out the limestone, brick, and terra…...
The darkness at the center of an Impressionist’s snowy New York dreamscape
3+ week, 5+ day ago (372+ words) Working out of his studio on Fifth Avenue and 17th Street, Frederick Childe Hassam painted luminous daytime street scenes and moody nocturnes of New York City in the 1880s and 1890s. As one of the foremost American Impressionists, Hassam's work emphasized the city's…...