Take Five

… subway stop on the R line youll find yourself on one of New York Citys lesserknown brownstone blocks Located just off … 40 houses in the row were built by the same firm Brownstone was beginning to go out of fashion by 1906 when the developers began to build the houses on spec At the …

… were bought by affluent families including over the years a number of politicians and doctors according to Dolkart Hence … in the 1940s and 1950s clearing the slums stacking the displaced in spiritless public housing towers and sealing them … of Manhattan including Alexander Avenue separated from Westchester County to become part of New York City Known …