I have always been interested in preservation issues, some of the
people here may like my extensive photographic essay site on Lost New
York City tenement buildings. Mostly on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan during the 1970's

The photos include many of the terra cotta sculptures, stone carvings
and the like which were rescued from many of the buildings in the
1970s and  early 80s.
There are over 200 photo plates there now.

A couple of the more well-known include;

  Manhattan's old elevated Miller Highway (1927-1973) with a fair
number of photos of the cast-iron work and a historical opening
ceremony booklet.

Stanford White's 1892 gem "The Cable Building" 611-21 Broadway,
corner of  Housten Street, which housed the largest cable driven
cable-car power plant in the United States (removed, destroyed and
scrapped) Some noted photos include various stone carving and
terra-cotta elements of the facade,  hand made copper cornice,
historical magazine articles with photos and more. There are 9
sub-pages on this building alone.

Tenement houses on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

A new feature is a building of the month spotlight:

The Broadway Central Hotel, 673 Broadway, 240 Mercer St (1867-1973)
which housed Sy Kaback's  "Mercer Arts Center" and "The Kitchen,"
collapsed onto Broadway in August 1973 killing 4 people. Some of the
includes on the web page for this building, and on the message board
forum which are still being uploaded;

Photos, newspaper articles,  clippings, an interview with the Kabacks
who owned and operated the Mercer Arts Center, a detailed and
heartwarming personal account from the fireman who was featured in
the newspapers with photos who rescued a dog trapped in the collapsed
rubble for several days.
Scans of a historic 1907 program with the 12 jurists' autographs-
pertaining to the Harry K Thaw trial for the 1906 murder of Architect
Stanford White.

I am still looking for any photos or other historical information
about the hotel, and especially the interior, this hotel was very
famous in it's day and was where Railroad magnate Jim Fisk maintained
a suite and was shot and killed on the ornate marble staircase, Edwin
Booth's brother acted in a theater on that site, and more.

This is my personal G rated website mainly for enjoyment and to share
with others, as such, there are no annoying popups, ads, banners etc
nor jumping, hopping, jiggling, wiggling, bouncing garbage or music
blasting at you. Hate all that stuff and I'm guessing you do too!

The main url:

http://www.lostnewyorkcity.com/


Hope folks here who appreciate fine art will enjoy some of the material.


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All the best,

Randall
Webdirector of "Randall's Lost New York City"
A historical photo essay of lost buildings from NYC's architectural history
http://www.lostnewyorkcity.com/