Houdini Was An Upper East Sider
On Halloween in 1926, Harry Houdini died in Detroit, Michigan. Contrary to popular belief, he did not die performing one of his most famed stunts.
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UES Townhouse – Blown Up by Doctor in 2006 – Sells for $20 Million
From the ashes rises the phoenix. Usually. But from the ashes of an Upper East Side historic brownstone rose a $20 million contract.
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Beaux Arts Buildings of East 62nd Street
Beaux Arts architecture is a New York City staple adapted from the L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts (The School of Fine Arts) in Paris. Popular in the
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Old Money & The Central Park Casino
The final product of The Casino in Central Park was one of grandiosity.
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Old Wooden Houses of Manhattan’s East Side
Five years before Mrs. O’ Leary’s cow allegedly destroyed a third of Chicago and claimed approximately 300 lives in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871,
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From Hell Gate to Henderson Place
In the early 1800s, John Jacob Astor sought refuge from the flurry of activity, summer heat and disease that was centered around the southern tip
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