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The Greystone
The Greystone, also known as the Greystone Hotel is a fourteen-story building at 212-218 W. 91st Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Samuel and Henry A. Blumenthal bought the property from the Astor estate in 1922 with marketing beginning two years later. It was designed by the architectural firm of Schwartz & Gross. The building is currently in residential use and the former ballroom has since been a series of restaurants including Polistina's and Big Daddy's. Among its notable residents was Alberto Arroyo Alberto Arroyo, (February 15, 1916-March 25, 2010) was a well-known New York City runner who was honored with a State Senate resolution in 1985 for his fifty years of running and recognized as one of the founders of the modern fitness movement. .... References 1924 architecture {{Manhattan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greystone HDR 2022 Jeh
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Upper West Side
The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north. The Upper West Side is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Hell's Kitchen to the south, Columbus Circle to the southeast, and Morningside Heights to the north. Like the Upper East Side opposite Central Park, the Upper West Side is an affluent, primarily residential area with many of its residents working in commercial areas of Midtown and Lower Manhattan. Similarly to the Museum Mile district on the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is considered one of Manhattan's cultural and intellectual hubs, with Columbia University and Barnard College located just to the north of the neighborhood, the American Museum of Natural History located near its center, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School located at the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwartz & Gross
Schwartz & Gross was a New York City architectural firm active from at least 1901 to 1963, on and which designed numerous apartment buildings in the city during the first half of the 20th century. The firm, together with the firm Neville & Bagge and the firm owned by , accounted for about half the apartment houses in |
Alberto Arroyo
Alberto Arroyo, (February 15, 1916-March 25, 2010) was a well-known New York City runner who was honored with a State Senate resolution in 1985 for his fifty years of running and recognized as one of the founders of the modern fitness movement. Arroyo was an amateur boxer who moved to New York City from Puerto Rico in 1935 who became known as the "Mayor of Central Park." Subsequent to his retirement from Bethlehem Steel, he was known for the many hours he spent in Central Park. The jogging track around the Central Park Reservoir was named in his honor in part due to his claim to be the first person to run around it. Achilles International Achilles International, formerly known as the Achilles Track Club, was established by Dick Traum in 1983 to encourage people with disabilities to participate in mainstream athletics. Achilles has become an international organization that provides ... has an award named in his honor for his efforts to restore the track in 1993. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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