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There once were magnificent estates lining Fifth Avenue. Today, we call it Museum Mile but originally, it was mostly Millionaires’ Mile. That’s back when millionaires were very rich; before we changed the “m” to a “b” to assure us of their grandeur.

Frick’s mansion is very splendid and the Carnegie property is now the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.

Lots of sandstone, not unlike the buildings across the street from the said C-HSDM. [Figure 1 top left.]

(#2, top r) is a view of rooftops, high and low, old and new. Did you know? Arthur Murray offers a free dance lesson. [3]. Spring is so flowery. (4&5). The wrought iron on doors [# 6] at adjacent addresses are identical. Is that odd?

There, on E82, are 2 wood framed buildings an avenue or so apart. Wooden homes are rather rare in NYC these days. [photos 7 & 8 is one; 9-11 is the other].

Never heard of him, had you? Nicholas Roreich was a Russian artist; he designed costumes [1913] for Stravinsky’s Rites of Spring, costumes the Joffrey Ballet revived in its 1987 production.

The Nicholas Roreich Museum is on an idyllic block near the  Columbia University campus, amid a lovely row of sandstone townhouses. 

In this demure 3-storey structure, you will find the art work by the eponymous master. They are truly astounding; they  tap into a deep mysticism and sense of life’s mysteries. Let me show rather than tell: look at the gallery below.