West End Avenue, a lecture with Christopher Gray April 15, 2009

West End Avenue: A Poor Relation Made Good
Christopher Gray, an architectural historian and writes the weekly “Streetscapes” column in The New York Times

New York’s West End Avenue was thought to be the poor relation of Riverside Drive—a leftover street that would never rival the opulent castles that were to rise on Riverside. But as Riverside’s future collapsed, West End flourished, evolving by the 1890s into the most comfortable big residential boulevard in the city. Many of the near-mansions on West End survive today.

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