Tag Archives: #walk-with-me

The topic is “Secret Passages”

Technically, it’s not a passage here on 83rd off East End but just a gap in the building line.
Garage runs under, and the stairs run up to a back alley passage also on 83rd.

We live in a complex replete with intricate passages. Every peek looks like you’re discovering a secret maze or labyrinth.

Documenting City and Suburban

The City and Suburban projects were built as part of the “fresh air” movement. One set of these “model tenements” is at 78/79 & York and another at 64th on 1st Avenue.

Our neighboring landmarked buildings, the Cherokee Place apartments, have been converted to coops.**

64th Street “campus” of City & Suburban houses

Space for windows and room to breathe were part of the design.

These little backyards are hidden gems. This is not the only restaurant taking advantage of its real estate.
A staid old East End building looks like it once had its entrance on Marie Curie Place
The service staff have access from East End Avenue to what is now the backway at Marie Curie Place

**As interesting and attractive as these historic artifacts might be, they lack modern amenities and luxury.

They were built as tenements, and along with their landmark designation comes a prohibition to make any improvements.

This brings up the question of whether conserving them is beneficial.

While I have explored that question before, it bears further examination. I look forward to discussing this at greater length in upcoming blog posts.

So, this is interesting

The top floor of this building (located on E76th next to a NY Sports Club) is one of those rooftop additions.

It has no relevant connection to the rest of the structure, but it looks like a box superimposed atop the fifth story.

Divergent in style from the original, it offers the tenants at the top little balconies.

Today was the first time I made any note of this building’s changed status. You, no doubt, don’t find that fact as interesting as I do.

More details I missed on this block: the interesting facades on these apartment dwellings.

Coffee hunt

We have walked the city looking for good to great cups of coffee for a long while.

I like to think that we’ve succeeded more often than not. That does not mean we won’t keep reporting on the real finds as we stumble upon them.

Stay tuned for more from the coffee trail. ☕️

Here’s a partial recap of earlier searches: