Category Archives: UES

What’s in a name

My latest exploration-I was about to claim it as an encounter, but actually I hadn’t looked closely for some time. I pass by all the time, so I dropped the ball on this great mystery.

They’ve wiped out, cemented over the Alfredo’s. Why?

Now there’s a new mystery to solve.

What was Alfredo’s? I never found out. No one would answer that question.

Was the answer so dire as to deserve a wipe-out response?

Some of my cohort were promised a photo of a building named Alfredo’s. For the past 40 years, I have puzzled over the name plate on top of 1368 York. Wondered but never got satisfaction. Curiosity has carried me to flights of fancy and imaginative conclusions. Like SENECA, the name must have some significance. Mustn’t […]

I am keeping a promise

Tributes

Streets are renamed to honor people, places, or things that have made our city great.

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House is such an entity.

This “settlement house” is in the long tradition of social service providers available to New Yorkers.

Founded in 1894, its mission was then and remains now:

At its core, the work has not changed since our founding—we still educate children, feed hungry neighbors, care for the elderly, advocate for vulnerable individuals and provide critical, comprehensive services to immigrants and low-income New Yorkers, helping them to gain the skills they need to strengthen themselves today and build a better community for tomorrow.

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House

The first one in the city was established in 1886; many, like LHNH, still survive.

To learn more about the history of NYC Settlement Houses, click here.