tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post1124287930046009484..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Three SurvivorsBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-12066336085823134552011-09-02T07:16:05.246-07:002011-09-02T07:16:05.246-07:00Thanks, Devyn. That's the time frame I expecte...Thanks, Devyn. That's the time frame I expected for these houses. Would love to get a peek inside nonetheless.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-39866286775016296482011-09-02T07:03:12.431-07:002011-09-02T07:03:12.431-07:00Based on the cornice details along with the remnan...Based on the cornice details along with the remnants of the lintel styling, these were built in the late 1870s or early 1880s as typical middle class single family townhouses... Long before commerce moved into midtown and basically obliterated blocks of single family townhouses. Most likely they were chopped up into apartments after the turn of the century when the original Times Square began to take shape as an attraction. They were not considered fancy in their day as there there thousands of nearly identical ones built in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. Small developer would build these in twos and threes (which is why you often seen identical houses in small groups) and sell them for profit. <br />Save for the remaining cornices, I am sure there is very little left of their glory days. Interior details (at least the really good stuff) would most likely have been stripped during reconfiguration into apartments many decades ago.Devynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733730464571528719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-46136166693143969472011-09-01T18:16:40.864-07:002011-09-01T18:16:40.864-07:00What records, Kelsey? Pray tell.What records, Kelsey? Pray tell.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-63414882513540601232011-09-01T14:27:24.505-07:002011-09-01T14:27:24.505-07:00Margon has excellent food btw, great lunch spotMargon has excellent food btw, great lunch spotGluttonerhttp://gluttoner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-44471603679484220452011-09-01T13:52:19.396-07:002011-09-01T13:52:19.396-07:00Records indicate that #134 and #136 were built aro...Records indicate that #134 and #136 were built around 1920.Kelseyhttp://ny.curbed.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-8224757957897852792011-09-01T13:33:07.050-07:002011-09-01T13:33:07.050-07:00Love those. They bring to mind similar buildings ...Love those. They bring to mind similar buildings with add-ons on the block south of Rockefeller Center, is it 48th?Grade "A" Fancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281571169895250252noreply@blogger.com