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The stunning little balcony

How are you creative?

As I might say of a positive voice vote, the ‘eyes carry it.’ Yea, that is wherein my creativity lies.

There’s a wrought iron rail and then windows treated in a variety of styles. 158 is all decked out for Christmas in a green motif. The house or houses that are behind this fence are (is) hidden by a secretive gate.

There is the occasional preserved block where brownstones or their relatives remain as a reminder of the City’s past.

Its creativity lives in the ways it has adapted as in the neat balconies and reimagined little buildings I spotted today.

Named buildings?

Seneca Village was a black enclave back in the day. It was established in what would become Central Park, around 85th Street. From there, parishioners from the “village” joined in worship with German protestants at several east side churches.

There is no evidence that this building has any affiliation with the Seneca that black landowners established. It might just have assumed the name of an ancient Roman senator.

My curiosity, however, brought me to this interesting and diverting history.