The Edward Oppenheimer House - 118 East 61st Street

photo by Ted Leather In the last months of 1869, a row of 18-foot-wide residences was completed on East 61st Street between Lex…

The Marcus Englander House - 262 East 78th Street

Following the end of the Civil War, Jacob Hirsch and Moses Leopold were partners in a fancy goods business at 90 Chambers Stree…

German Nurses, Scandal, John Steinbeck and Art -- 177 East 78th Street

East 78th Street was opened in 1861, the year that war broke out in the South.  With much of New York City's working class of…

The John Gilmore Boyd House - 255 East 78th Street

In 1867 the Italianate style house at 255 East 78th Street was home to broker Joseph Zuckermann and his family.  His skinny hom…

The Charles Wels House - 237 East 78th Street

East 78th Street was opened in 1861, the year that war broke out in the South.  With much of New York City's working class of…

Charming Survivors -- 406 through 408 East 85th Street

Around 1871 the row of four prim brick-faced homes were completed at 404 through 410 East 85th Street.  Each just 16-feet-wide,…

The 1891 Rhinelander Industrial School - 350 East 88th Street

photo by Beyond My Ken The Children’s Aid Society was founded by Charles Loring Brace, along with a few other concerned men, in…