There is a pretty good article about researching the history of a typical New
York City building (with some sources for out-of-town researchers) on the
website of the New York Society Library:

    http://www.nysoclib.org/building_history.html

<A HREF="http://www.nysoclib.org/building_history.html">Click here: NYSL:
Researching the History of a Building</A>

Christopher Gray
"Streetscapes" Columnist, Sunday Real Estate Section
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