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Hiroshima Survivor
Outside the New York Buddhist Church on Riverside Drive stands a 15-ft, 22-ton bronze figure in missionary robes, his face eclipsed by a hat. The statue is of Shinran Shonin, who, according to…
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A Mansion of the Gilded Age
351 Riverside Drive (between 107th & 108th Street) is home to the Schinasi Mansion. This has been described as the “last remaining detached single family home in Manhattan” that continues to be a…
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Ambiance, Books & Pastries
The Hungarian Pastry Shop has been a neighborhood fixture since 1961, when a Hungarian couple first opened its doors. Since then, it has changed hands twice: Peter and Wendy Binioris purchased it in…