Take Five

… followed the brewers lead and opened factories and knitting mills attracting even more German workers who … the US from Bavaria in 1836 and established his first brick factory on the Lower East Side then the center of  German … apartment per floor and an unfinished basement Firstfloor apartments had five rooms and second floor units had six the …

… Blissville a slice of Long Island City bordered by Calvary … of New York City Once a bustling industrial hub most of Blissville today is occupied by warehouses auto repair shops … littered with broken bottles and other trash giving todays Blissville an unloved look The gated cemetery is the only …

… estate Murphy sold it right before he died to Eliphalet W Bliss for $80000 Bliss was an enormously successful businessman who owned a … Parks Department storage unit and reinstalled in 2002 have Blisss initials on them Bliss bought plots adjacent to the …

… are still standing many nearly unchanged on Alexander Avenue between 137th and 141st streets Directly off of the … Now things may be turning around Recently the New York Times Travel section chose the neighborhood as number … separated from Westchester County to become part of New York City Known thereafter as the Annexed District or more …