Lush Roses and Comfortable Old Shoes

Lush Roses and Comfortable Old Shoes

By Claudie Benjamin As President of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, Peg Breen’s professional domain focuses heavily on bricks, mortar, stone, and policy related to conservation, history, and progress.  Flowers provide a perfect balance, offering...
Movies that Spoke to His Soul

Movies that Spoke to His Soul

By Claudie Benjamin Dan and Toby Talbot defined what many Upper West Siders enjoyed most about going to the movies for decades.  The couple ran the New Yorker [2409 Broadway, demolished], the Cinema Studio [1931 Broadway, demolished], the (individually...
Every Building Has HIS Story

Every Building Has HIS Story

Interstate 70 crosses nearly the width of the continental US, but it also takes a lesser-known route–from Dayton, Ohio, to West 72nd Street. As a child visiting his granddad, a budding urban explorer Tom Miller investigated the east end of Dayton, a neighborhood...