Streetscapes
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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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Brennan Farmhouse – Residence of West 84th Street Writer
The Brennan Farmhouse was located on a stony knoll halfway between the Hudson River on what would later become 84th Street. In the summer of 1843, Edgar Allan Poe who was taken with…
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The Mysterious Dakota Apartments
So much has been written about the Dakota Apartments over the years that it is hard to come up with new facts that haven’t been written about before. One thing is for sure…
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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…
