enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Astor Place Tower - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Place_Tower

   Astor Place Tower (also known as Sculpture for Living) is a 21-story residential building located on Astor Place in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building was developed by The Related Companies and designed by architect Charles Gwathmey. The building was panned by architectural critics as a symbol of gentrification ...

3. Astor Place - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Place

   21 Astor Place (also known as "Clinton Hall" and "13 Astor Place") stands on the site which was once the Astor Opera House. After the Astor Place riot, the building was turned over to the New York Mercantile Library, which used it until 1890, when they tore it down and built the current 11-story building. The Library left in 1932, and the ...

4. Astor Court Building - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Court_Building

   The Astor Court Building is a 12-story, 164 unit apartment building on Broadway between West 89th Street and 90th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, built in 1916. It was designed by architect Charles A. Platt for developer Vincent Astor. [1] The twelve-story building is constructed around a landscaped courtyard.

5. Book Row - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_Row

   Book Row was a district in New York City from the 1890s to the 1960s composed of six city blocks which, at its peak, contained over three dozen bookstores. [1] [2] [3] Many – if not most – of the places were used bookstores. [4] In its heyday, Book Row spanned the stretch of Fourth Avenue between Union Square and Astor Place.

6. Alamo (sculpture) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_(sculpture)

   Alamo, also known as the Astor Place Cube or simply The Cube, is an outdoor sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, located on Astor Place, in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is a black cube, 8 feet (2.4 m) long on each side, mounted on a corner. The cube is made of Cor-Ten steel and weighs about 1,800 pounds (820 kg). The ...

7. Ed Koch's Legacy: His $475 Rent-Controlled Apartment ...

   www.aol.com/news/2013-02-01-ed-koch-rent...

   The $475-a-month apartment cost Koch far less than the $1,200 a month it was worth at market rate at the time he lived there. (Rent-control laws place a ceiling on how much landlords can charge ...