architecture: Speechless Sunday | Holy Manhattan Real Estate - 08/12/12 01:05 AM

 Church of Saint Paul and Saint Andrew - Upper West Side

B'Nai Jeshurun - Upper West Side

East Village Clock Church

Cathedral of Saint John the Divine - Morningside Heights

West Park Church - Upper West Side

Saint Patricks Cathedral - Fifth Avenue
Over 9,760 parcels are owned by religious institutions in New York City
 
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architecture: Manhattan Residential Architecture: From Townhouses to Apartments - 05/06/07 02:25 AM
Manhattan Residential Architecture from the 19th Century to the 21st Century:
New Yorkers lived in townhouses during the 19th century.
 19th Century Single Family Townhouses were made of Brownstone and Limestone.
 
The luxury apartment house was actually invented in New York in the late 19th century. Upper-class New Yorkers lived in townhouses and single-family mansions during the 19th century. By 1930, 90% percent of Manhattanites lived in apartments. To lure potential tenants, developers borrowed the word "apartment" from the French to make the new buildings sound more fashionable. The word and the lifestyle stuck.
In 1890 The Dakota was the first luxury apartment building … (6 comments)

 
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