The Henry Wannemacher House and Store - 217 East 3rd Street photograph by Carole Teller The family of Henry Wannemacher covered a broad swatch of interests in 1855.  Henry Wannemacher was a musician...

Originally home to composer Henry Wannamacher, this Italianate style house-and-store was crammed with 16 indigent families in the late 19th c. It has 4 apts today.
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William S. Schneider's 1928 136 Waverly Place In 1854, the Greenwich Savings Bank erected an Anglo-Italianate-style bank building at the southwest corner of Sixth Avenue and Waverly Pl...

Decorated with cast stone sentries, this #GreenwichVillage bldg was (reportedly) home to fictional character Don Draper of "Mad Men."
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Renovations done in 1925 erased the Gospel Tabernacle's 1889 Romanesque Revival charm. But the interiors miraculously survive as John's Pizza.
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In 1983, author Erica Jong purchased this 1879 Carnegie Hill rowhouse. Her daughter Molly describes Jong's "terrible" decorating as resulting in the house resembling a "haunted bordello."
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The 1926 John Muir - 27 West 86th Street image via landmarkwest.org Developer and builder John Muir assembled a syndicate, The 31 West 86th Street Corporation, in 1925 to replace ...

Designed by Sugarman & Berger, The John Muir has been home to fascinating residents, like Moe Gale, who opened the Savoy Ballroom and advanced the careers of the likes of Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots.
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The Lost William E. Finn House - 1994 Madison Avenue from the collection of the New York Public Library In 1885, the Harlem neighborhood above 125th Street, once dotted with sprawling farms a...

Designed by A. I. Finkle in 1885, this #Harlem mansion became a rooming house in 1911. It survived in until 1982.
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Oh what a lovely war! Three Australian cartoonists sum up the 'progress' of the Iran war so far... #cartoons

How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.

Featured story: "It didn’t take long before Tammy Fogle, the leader of our local Moms for Liberty group, issued 27 book challenges. She had no children attending our schools, but SB 13 had opened the door for her."

Happy Birthday to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a massive thank you to her for inventing rock and roll

She was born on March 20th, 1915

The 1888 Matthew C. Henry House - 138 East 95th Street In 1960, before being protected within the Carnegie Hill Historic District, the house was given an unsightly rooftop addition, visible fro...

At mid-century, the wealthy and elderly Francklyn siblings occupied this charming C. Abbott French -designed home. It remains a single family house.
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In 1933, young playwright and actor Clifford Odetts moved into one of these Greenwich Village apt bldgs, designed by Theophilus G. Smith.
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This is amazing news! The people of Minneapolis and St. Paul are being recognized with one of the most prestigious civic honors in America. The JFK Library Foundation announced today that the people of the Twin Cities will receive a 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their resistance!

J. Boekell & Sons 1890 8 St. Mark's Place photo by Anthony Bellov The once elegant Federal-style mansion at 8 St. Mark's Place held a restaurant in 1888.  An incident that occurred...

In 1890 a dating service--like a pre-digital era Tinder--operated from this St. Mark's Pl tenement designed by J. Boekell & Sons.
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The 1927 National Broadcasting Co Bldg - 711 Fifth Avenue In 1918, architect Floyd Brown branched into real estate development, founding the Bethlehem Engineering Company.  In 1925 he acquired the...

For decades, famous radio shows were broadcast from NBC studios designed by Raymond Hood within this Midtown bldg. The interiors were recently remodeled by Peter Marino.
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The 1890 Rosemont - 210 West 105th Street photo by Anthony Bellov Architect John C. Burne designed two identical apartment buildings in 1889 at 210 and 212 West 105th Street between...

Designed by John C. Burne, this UWS flat was home to Chas. Stuart in WW I when he went to the French front to distribute cigarettes and candy to the troops. Instead he found himself in battle and was gassed. There are just 10 units in the bldg today.
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The Lost Chamberlin Building - 603 Broadway The awning frame at the curb reads, "India Rubber Goods."  from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York  In 1829 a grocery st...

This Soho bldg was home to two pioneering photography studios. It survived until 1894.
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Henry Engelbert's 1868 367 Bleecker Street 369 Bleecker Street (left) was a mirror-image of 367.  The Charles Street homes, built simultaneously, are directly behind 367, at the right...

In 1967 Pierre Dieux, a French antiques shop, opened in the Greenwich Village bldg. It remained for nearly half a century, eventually having 22 shops worldwide.
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The 1897 Donac - 402 West 20th Street photo courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens Angelica Barraclough Faber was one of 13 children of Don Alonzo and Mathilda Charity Smith Cushman.  ...

Designed by C. P. H. Gilbert, the Hetti and LeRoi Jones's Donac apt became a center of the Beat generation in the 1950s.
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The 1914 Municipal Building - 1 Centre Street photograph by Momos As early as 1884, the city's government had outgrown the 1812 City Hall building.  Plans for a Municipal Building tha...

Designed by William M. Kendall of McKim, Mead & White, the Municipal Bldg had a serious problem when it opened in 1914: it was infested with feral cats.
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The 1902 Henry Herman Westinghouse Mansion - 313 West 105th Street Real estate developer John C. Umberfield purchased vacant land on the north side of West 105th Street between West End Avenue and Riversid...

Designed by Wm E. Mowbray, this Beaux Arts mansion was originally home to industrialist Henry Westinghouse, and later to artist and mystic Nicholas Roerich and his wife, Helena. There are 15 units in the house today.
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The Lost 1826 New York Theatre image by Alexander Jackson Davis by Imbert's Lithography, from the collection of the New York Public Library On November 25, 1783, George ...

A Greek Revival masterwork by Ithiel Town, the New York Theatre stood only 2 years--from 1826 to '28.
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Their voices roar on the page: Five essential books by Afghan women writers - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Simon Kuestenmacher looks at the rise of voters picking independents over the two major parties at past federal elections.

www.indailysa.com.au/news/in-dept... #Booksky, #books

All Praise The Dear Leader!

#cartoons The week that was, as seen through the eyes of #Australian #cartoonists

#cartoons The week that was, as seen through the eyes of #Australian #cartoonists

The 1890 Isaac Bitterman House - 131 East 95th Street Real estate operator Francis Joseph Schnugg hired architect Frank Wennemer in 1889 to design eight rowhouses along East 95th Street near L...

Designed by Frank Wennemer, this Carnegie Hill rowhouse was home to Vincent Sardi, of restaurant fame, and his family for half a century. The stoop, removed in 1928, was recently restored.
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George Fred Pelham's 1893 332 West 51st Street In September 1890, real estate operator William Ramsey purchased the three, three-story brick houses at 330 through 334 West 51st Street. ...

This Hell's Kitchen bldg originally had 7-room apts. By mid-century it was a rooming house, home to Shipwreck Kelly, famous 1920s flagpole sitter. It has single-occupancy apts today.
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The 1845 John Allen House - 119 East 10th Street In the early 19th century, Joseph Russell was active in real estate operations within the district that had once been the Stuyvesant farms...

This East Village house was home to sculptor Alexander Sterling Calder and his artist wife, Nanette Lederer Calder, in the 1920s. It holds 5 apts today.
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The 1881 Warwick Apartments -- 184 West 10th Street image via nycbuildingadvisors.com Philip Henry Dugro (who went professionally by his middle name) was not only an attorney, a judge, and a...

In the 1920s, the funeral home in this F. W. Klemt-designed apt bldg in Greenwich Village disguised a speakeasy.
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