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… author Andrew Alpern looks at entrances to New York Citys luxury and historic residential buildings in his new book … Portals Elegant Entrances and Ingratiating Ingresses to Apartments for the Affluent in New York City But most of all … two surprises both in Brooklyn The first is an apartment complex with the preposterous name of Chateau Frontenac Its …

… the part of the city they cover … Lower Manhattan … South Street A Photographic Guide to New York Citys Historic … was published in 1974 by the still relatively new South Street Seaport Museum It remains an excellent guide to the … most famous entertainers such as Duke Ellington Josephine Baker Ethel Waters Fats Waller and Bessie Smith among many …