Hidden Treasures
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Did You Know….UWS Factoids
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial – Dedicated in October 1966 this memorial is the said to be the first monument dedicated to an American president’s wife. Located at 72nd Street and Riverside Drive. Annual Tulip…
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Exclusive Upper West Side street….
In 1920 a Irish immigrant, Thomas Healy, purchased a plot of land on 94th/95th Street boarding Broadway and West End. A successful hotelier and restaurateur, Healy wanted to build a grand hotel on…
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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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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…
