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Dime savings bank

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Downtown Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States The home office of the Dime Savings Bank, built in 1906-08 and vastly enlarged and altered in 1931-32, is among Brooklyn’s most notable works of commercial architecture and stands as a symbol of that institution’s long and significant role in the …

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Panhellenic tower

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Turtle Bay, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Prominently sited at the top of Beekman Hill, the Panhellenic Tower (now the Beekman Tower Hotel) is one of the great Art Deco skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan. Erected in 1927-29 as a residence and clubhouse for women belonging to national …

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Window in hallway

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View from the hallway leading to the kitchen.

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Tabernacle of Prayer, Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States Located on Jamaica Avenue at Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, the major commercial center of the borough of Queens and once a major theater center for Queens and Long Island, the Loew’s Valencia is the borough’s largest …

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Note: this photo was published in an undated (Oct 2010) Everyblock NYC zipcodes blog titled "10025." ************************************** Wikipedia informs usthat the 96th Street subway station, right across the street from my apartment building, "was part of the original IRT subway and opened on the inaugural date …

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-Andrew Marvell

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1st floor- dining room

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Dining room, opened to the kitchen (right), living room 1 (left) and living room 2 (back). Windows leading to street Salle à manger, ouverte à: cuisine (à droit), séjour (à gauche), salon (en arrière) Comedor, abierto a la cocina (a la derecha), sala (a la izquierda) y salón (atrás)

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Note: this photo was published in an undated (Oct 2010) Everyblock NYC zipcodes blog titled "10025." ************************************** Wikipedia informs usthat the 96th Street subway station, right across the street from my apartment building, "was part of the original IRT subway and opened on the inaugural date …

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York_minster_089

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York Minster is the second largest Gothic cathedral of Northern Europe and clearly charts the development of English Gothic architecture from Early English through to the Perpendicular Period. The present building was begun in about 1230 and completed in 1472. It has a cruciform plan with an octagonal chapter house …

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Yorkville, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Summary Built between 1898 and 1915, City and Suburban Homes Company’s First Avenue Estate is the oldest extant project of the most successful of the privately financed, limited-dividend companies which attempted to address the housing problems of the …

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