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Astor Row is a group of 28 row houses on the south side of East 130th Street, between Fifth and Lenox Avenues in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, which were among the first speculative townhouses built in the area. Designed by Charles Buek, the houses were built between 1880 and 1883. Astor's grandson, William Backhouse ...
This is a list of neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Manhattan arranged geographically from the north of the island to the south. The following approximate definitions are used: Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street. Midtown Manhattan is the area between 34th Street and 59th Street. Lower Manhattan is the area below 14th Street.
Astor Place is a street in NoHo/East Village, in the lower part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is divided into two sections: One segment runs from Broadway in the west (just below East 8th Street ) to Lafayette Street , and the other runs from Fourth to Third Avenues .
Colonnade Row, also known as LaGrange Terrace, is a group of 1830s row houses on present-day Lafayette Street in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. They are believed to have been built by Seth Geer, although the project has been attributed to a number of other architects.
A map of Cooper Square (in red), showing some locations of interest in the area: 1. Cooper Union Foundation Building 2. McSorley's Old Ale House 3. Cooper Union New Academic Building 4. Cooper Square Hotel 5. Village Voice 6. Public Theater (Astor Library) 7. Colonnade Row / Astor Place Theatre (Blue Man Group) 8. Clinton Hall (site of the ...
The Astor Place station, also called Astor Place–Cooper Union on signs, is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.Located at Fourth Avenue, Cooper Square, and Astor Place between the East Village and NoHo, it is served by 6 trains at all times, <6> trains during weekdays in the peak direction, and 4 trains during late night hours.
The Astor House was a luxury hotel in New York City. Located on the corner of Broadway and Vesey Street in what is now the Civic Center and Tribeca neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan, it opened in 1836 and soon became the best-known hotel in America. Part of it was demolished in 1913; the rest was demolished in 1926.
Two New York City Subway stations, Astor Place and Bleecker Street, are also landmarked. [25] The only survivor of the 19th-century upper class era is half of the original Colonnade Row, which is also landmarked. [26] [27] The Gene Frankel Theater, established in 1949, is located in the landmarked 24 Bond Street building, built in 1893. [13]