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    For the Neighborhood
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    It proceeded block by block, documenting not only a building’s facade (“Boldly scaled Art Nouveau; Terra-cotta Eclectic”) but the history of its inhabitants "Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes, lived at 16 Gramercy Park South" Reading it is a joy, and one immediately sees how anyone—the feverish real-estate broker, the stunned tourist, or the pontificating college historian—would love it. Full Article at The New Yorker
    Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes, lived at 16 Gramercy Park South
    SOURCE: The New Yorker 2 months ago
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For the Neighborhood
  1. It’s a very humble building ... It doesn’t have a really cool cornice, it wasn’t built by a famous architect. It was probably built in the early nineteenth century by a carpenter. It’s an example of an anonymous building—the kind of building that makes up much of New York.
    SOURCE: The New Yorker 2 months ago
  2. It certainly includes all the Robert Moses projects ... But I think it is in important to finish up with Jane Jacobs. Without her, I don’t think neighborhoods would be as cohesive as hers is. I am making a point about what is most important to me: neighborhoods.
    SOURCE: The New Yorker 2 months ago
  3. Boldly scaled Art Nouveau; Terra-cotta Eclectic
    SOURCE: The New Yorker 2 months ago

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