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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>30th Street: A New York Songline</TITLE> <meta name="description" content="A virtual walking tour of Manhattan's Thirtieth Street"> <meta name="keywords" content="New York City, New York, Manhattan, New Amsterdam, Old New York, history, landmark, famous, secret, historic, walking tour, guide, map, beatniks, locations, tourist, attraction, address, architecture, restaurant, nightlife, Chelsea, Tenderloin"> <meta name="author" content="Jim Naureckas"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#000000"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <center> <h1><a href="http://www.nysonglines.com/index.htm">New York Songlines:</a> 30th Street</h1> <a href="#12av">12th Ave</a> | <a href="#11av">11th Ave</a> | <a href="#10av">10th Ave</a> | <a href="#9av">9th Ave</a> | <a href="#8av">8th Ave</a> | <a href="#7av">7th Ave</a> | <a href="#6av">6th Ave</a> | <a href="#broadway">Broadway</a> | <br><a href="#5av">5th Ave</a> | <a href="#4av">Park Ave S</a> | <a href="#lexington">Lexington Ave</a> | <a href="#3av">3rd Ave</a> | <a href="#2av">2nd Ave</a> | <a href="#1av">1st Ave</a> <hr> </center> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top" bgcolor="99CCFF"> <a name="12av"></a> <br><br> <h2><center>HUDSON RIVER</center></h2> <br><br> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <br><br> <br> <br> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="12av.htm#30st">S <===</a>         12TH AVENUE               <a href="12av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <a name="11av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <h3>John D. Carmmerer Westside Yard</h3> <p>Train yards for the LIRR and MTA. Named for a New York state senator who headed the transportation committee. <p>Plans for a new Jets football stadium envision putting it here, with the train yard remaining underneath. <h2>The High Line</h2> <p>The unreconstructed section of the High Line stretches along the western edge of this block then curves northward toward 34th Street. The hope is that someday this will be the third section of the park, but its fate seems to be tied up with the undetermined future of the rail yards. For now it's interesting to still be able to see what the rail line looked in its abandoned state. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="11av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           11TH AVENUE           <a href="11av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <br><br> <p><b>518:</b> <a href="http://www.trapezeschool.com/default.php" target="_blank" title="Home"> <b>Trapeze School New York</b></a>, a place to work on your circus act <h2><a href="http://www.thehighline.org/" target="_blank">High Line Park</a></h2> <p>Bridging the street here is a disused elevated railroad that was used to transport freight along the Westside waterfront, replacing the street-level tracks at 10th and 11th avenues that earned those roads the nickname "Death Avenue." Built in 1929 at a cost of $150 million (more than $2 billion in today's dollars), it originally stretched from 35th Street to St. John's Park Terminal, now the Holland Tunnel rotary. <p>Partially torn down in 1960 and abandoned in 1980, it now stretches from Gansevoort almost to 34th--mostly running mid-block, so built to avoid dominating an avenue with an elevated platform. In its abandonment, the High Line became something of a natural wonder, overgrown with weeds and even trees, accessible only to those who risked trespassing on CSX Railroad property. <p>In 2009 it was opened to the public as New York City's newest park; it truly transforms its neighborhood and hence the city. The section of the park opened to visitors in 2011 ends here, with an elevator and staircase leading to street level. <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>E<br>S<br>T<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <h3>John D. Caemmerer Westside Yard</h3> <p>Under the Jets stadium proposal, this area would have become a park, with the railyards underneath. Its future is still unwritten. <h2>The High Line</h2> <p>The unreconstructed section of the abandoned elevated rail line stretches along the western edge of this block. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br> <a name="10av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>Corner:</b> Metal Purchasing Co. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="10av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           10TH AVENUE           <a href="10av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> <p>A spur of the High Line--not yet opened to the public--dead ends over this intersection. </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <h3>Morgan Processing and Distribution Center</h3> <p>Twenty million pieces of mail for Manhattan and the Bronx are processed at this Postal Service facility every day. During the anthrax attacks of 2001, spores were discovered in barcoding machines here; despite a lawsuit from the postal union, the building was never shut down for cleaning. <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/lincoln/" target="_blank">Lincoln Tunnel</a></h3> <p>These on-ramps and off-ramps connect to the busiest vehicular tunnel in the world, handling 120,000 vehicles a day. Opened in 1937, it was the first major tunnel project to be completed <a name="9av"></a> without a single worker fatality. <br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="9av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           9TH AVENUE           <a href="9av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>350 (corner):</b> 9th Avenue Gourmet Deli; Roma Bono Pizza <br><br> <p><b>342:</b> Sefton apartments <p><b>330:</b> <b>French Apartments</b>, formerly French Hospital, opened 1928 by the Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance. Baseball legend <a href="http://www.baberuth.com/flash/about/biograph3.html" target="_blank"> Babe Ruth</a> was operated on here for cancer in December 1946. Don Corleone was taken here after he was shot in the novel <i>The Godfather</i>. <p><b>320:</b> Chelsea Town House, a seven-story red-brick building from the 1940s. <p><b>300 (corner):</b> Chelsea Star Florist </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <br> <p><b>341:</b> Paula House, a four-story 19th Century building of red-brick <p><b>327:</b> Herbert Towers, a seven-story white-brick building from the 1940s <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="8av"></a> <p><b>307:</b> Was the address of the Lithuanian Society of America. <p><b>303 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.travel-watch.com/manhattan_inn.htm" target="_blank"> Manhattan Inn</a> is above the 8th Avenue Gourmet Deli. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="8av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           8TH AVENUE           <a href="8av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> <p> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>260 (corner):</b> Human Resources Administration. Building has lions, sign that says "RF London Paris New York." <p><b>242:</b> Stone dogs guard the entrance to a building that houses Versailles Lighting and Apex Air Freight Systems. <p><b>240:</b> <b>Fire Patrol No. 1</b>; erected in 1874 by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, an insurance group, to protect goods from smoke and water damage while the FDNY puts out fires. <p><b>236:</b> <a href="http://www.30thstreetguitars.com/default.htm" target="_blank"> 30th Street Guitars</a> opened in 1995 across the street. <p><b>234:</b> The <a href="http://themoderndrumshop.com/" target="_blank"> Modern Drum Shop</a> was opened in 1977 by jazz drummer Joe Cusatis, who played with Chet Baker, among others. <p><b>218:</b> Klondike International Furs Ltd. <p><b>216A:</b> The Fur Studio Inc. <p><b>214:</b> Furs by Paul <p><b>212:</b> USA Furs by George--since 1966. <p><b>210:</b> Megaris Furs <p><b>208:</b> <a href="http://www.holisticstudies.com" target="_blank"> Holistic Studies Institute</a>; trains people to become more aware of their psychic abilities. <p><b>200:</b> Ruslan Custom Shoes Boutique (since 1959). <p><b>Corner:</b> New Pizza Town II </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>E<br>S<br>T<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>265:</b> Sanchez Cigars, handmade Cuban-seed cigars <p><b>263:</b> Was <a href="http://www.ahc1931.com/" target="_blank"> America's Hobby Center</a>, selling model planes, boats etc. since 1931--moved to Jersey c. 2006. <p><b>259:</b> <a href="http://www.urbanstages.org/" target="_blank"> Urban Stages</a>, a theater troupe that prides itself on its ethnically diverse playwrights, has been around for 20 years but has only had a permanent home here since 2001. <p><b>257:</b> Joseph P. Cuomo Building <h3>Recording & Rehearsal Arts Building</h3> <p><b>251:</b> Downtime, a musicians' hangout here, was turned into the multilevel club <a href="http://www.rebelnyc.com/" target="_blank"> <b>Rebel NYC</b></a> by the folks who run <a href="11st.htm#4av">Webster Hall</a>. Also includes <a href="http://www.thestudio.org/REHERSAL/reherse.html" target="_blank"> The Studio</a>, a rehearsal space, and Waves, one of Manhattan's last radio repair shops. <p><b>243:</b> The Brenley Bvilding <p><b>241:</b> St. Vincents Chelsea Clinic includes the American Dental Centers, which is known by its anthropomorphic neon tooth. <br><br> <p><b>213:</b> Cool gothic church annex. <a name="7av"></a> <p><b>211:</b> <B>St. John the Baptist</b>, a beautiful Catholic church designed in 1872 by Napoleon LeBrun. Congregation dates to 1840. <p><b>Corner (362 7th Ave): </b> Bagel Maven Cafe is in the building unhelpfully known as 7 Penn Plaza. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="7av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           7TH AVENUE           <a href="7av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>154:</b> Furshur International <p><b>150:</b> United States Fur Exchange; Sam Levine Fur Trading <p><b>140:</b> Julia's Furs <h3>Tenderloin Station House</h3> <p><b>134-138:</b> This medieval-looking fortress is the HQ of the NYPD's <b>Traffic Control Division</b>; it was built in 1907 as the <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/designation/summaries/tenderloin.html" target="_blank"> 23rd Precinct Station House</a>, and is now a designated landmark. <p><b>130:</b> <b>S.J.M Building</b>, designed 1927 by Cass Gilbert of Woolworth Tower fame; note Mesopotamian motifs. Yours and Mine Jewelry, since 1950; Dimitrios Furs, since 1937. <p><b>124:</b> Nanjing Acupuncture & Herbs; Panorama Camera Center; Galaxy Army & Navy <p><b>120:</b> Honda Martial Arts Supply Co. <br><br><br><br><br> <br> <a name="6av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>E<br>S<br>T<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>151:</b> A to Z Bohemian Glass Inc.; glass beads and stones <p><b>145:</b> Pars International Products; globalized grocery <p><b>143:</b> Irene of New York; hats <p><b>137:</b> Former <b>23rd Precinct Police Station</b>. When police captain Alexander "Clubber" Williams was transferred to this station in 1876, he remarked on the opportunities for graft provided by its location in the midst of the vice district: "I've been living on chuck steak for a long time, and now I'm going to get a little of the tenderloin"--thus giving The Tenderloin its name. <a href="http://65.107.211.206/decadence/wilde/wildeov.html" target="_blank">Oscar Wilde</a> came here in 1882 to report being swindled by crooked gamblers out of $1,000. <p><b>135:</b> Frathaus and Son, Inc.; Global Mink Corp. <p><b>127:</b> Greeley Arcade Building; named for Greeley Square, where Broadway and Sixth Avenue meet. Was G.J. Fuerth, now part of Chase banks. <p><b>115:</b> <a href="http://www.transalt.org/" target="_blank"> Transportation Alternatives</a>; an important advocacy group working for a less car-dominated New York. <p><b>103:</b> <a href="http://matrixcollectibles.site.yahoo.net/index.html" target="_blank">Image Anime</a>; Japanese animation collectibles <p><b>Corner:</b> Broadway National Bank </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="6av"></a> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="6av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           6TH AVENUE           <a href="6av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>Corner (850 6th):</b> Jewelria. I used to think that The Haymarket, the Tenderloin's most famous dance hall, was here, but I now think it was a <a href="29st.htm#6av">block to the south</a>. <p><b>46:</b> Joia Corp, fashion jewelry <p><b>44:</b> Fashion Sox Inc. <a name="broadway"></a> <p><b>42 (corner):</b> Yurim Trading Co., hats. In 1893, <a href="http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/crane/" target="_blank"> Stephen Crane</a> often stayed in this building, where an artist friend had a studio. He worked on <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> and <i>Maggie: A Girl of the Streets</i> here. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>Corner (856 6th):</b> Novelty Candy Store <br><br><br><br><br> <br> <p><b>59:</b> Argentino Neckties Scarves <p><b>51:</b> Manhattan Silver <p><b>49:</b> Pro-American Trading <p><b>Corner (1231 Broadway):</b> Sandaga Beads, trimming & craft supplies </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="broadway.htm#30st">S <===</a>           BROADWAY           <a href="broadway.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>Corner (1216 Broadway):</b> Perfume America <p><b>38:</b> Fair & Lovely Inc., wholesale scarves <p><b>28:</b> Global Time, wholesale watches <p><b>18:</b> The African Village, imports <br><br><br><br> <h3>Holland House</h3> <b>2 (corner):</b> Named for Lord Holland's mansion in London, this former hotel was considered one of the best in the world when built in 1891. <p>Gainesborough's <i>Duchess of <a name="5av"></a> Devonshire</i>, the most famous stolen painting of its day, spent the night here in 1901 after being recovered after being stolen for 25 years by criminal mastermind <a href="http://www.crimelibrary.com/classics/worth/" target="_blank">Adam Worth</a>. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>E<br>S<br>T<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>Corner (1220 Broadway):</b> Kashmir Perfumes <p><b>35:</b> Silver Galore <p><b>29:</b> Was Nara Bank, Korean-American <p><b>11:</b> <b>Dimple</b>, all-you-can-eat vegetarian Indian. I used to love this place, but I stopped eating here after it was accused of not paying its workers. <p>Also H.M. Nabavian Oriental Rug Supplies. The building was designed by William I. Hohauser. <p><b>7:</b> U & I Fantasia Fina <p><b>5:</b> <b><a href="http://www.levinejudaica.com" target="_blank" title="Home"> J. Levine Co.</b></a>, Judaica and books since 1890. <p><b>Corner (284 Fifth):</b> Shalom Brothers Oriental Rug Gallery is in the <b>Wilbraham Building</b>, 1890 Belle Epoque apartments built for bachelors. Spookily charming. On the second floor is <a href="www.kyokushinkarate.com" target="_blank"> Kyokushin Karate</a>. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="5av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           5TH AVENUE           <a href="5av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>Corner (281 5th):</b> Chez Gourmet deli; upstairs is Topalian Trading Co. (oriental rugs). <p><b>2:</b> Carpet World Inc. <p><b>4:</b> R. Anavian & Sons oriental rugs <p><b>6:</b> Was Mecca, 1930s Syrian restaurant. <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="madison"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>20:</b> A.R.T. Rugs of Persia; Chatalbash Rug Co. of New York <p><b>Corner (112 Madison):</b> Galerie Shabab rugs </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>E<br>A<br>S<br>T<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>Corner (295 Fifth):</b> Merchants Bank is on this corner of the <b>Textile Building</b>. On this block, at <b>291 Fifth Avenue</b>, was the <b> Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession</b>, also known as 291, where Alfred Steiglitz showcased such new artists as Henri Matisse (1908), Henri Rousseau and Paul Cezanne (both 1910), and Pablo Picasso (1911). <p><b>7:</b> Romero's Restaurant, Spanish & Italian <p><b>11:</b> Ravagh Persian Grill; once was Mrs. Caterina, old-time Italian. <p><b>13:</b> Kashee Brothers rugs <p><B>15:</b> The Irvington Building houses Mastour Galleries (rugs since 1890), Ali Oriental Rugs; Royalton Rug Gallery; Iraj Fine Oriental Rugs <p><b>Corner (118 Madison):</b> Miss K's Deli & Grocery </td></tr></table> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="madison.htm#30st">S <===</a>           MADISON AVENUE           <a href="madison.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>28 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.boconcept.com/" target="_blank"><b> Bo Concept</b></a>, Danish designer furniture <h3>ThirtyThirty Hotel</h3> <p><b>30:</b> Used to be the <b>Martha Washington</b>, which was a residence for women only for almost a hundred years after it opened in 1902. Once the home of author Jacqueline Susann, the hotel was where the opening scenes of the film version of her <i>Valley of the Dolls</i> was shot. <p>In the early 1980s, the hotel housed <b>Danceteria</b>, a nightclub and concert space where <a href="http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/anniversary/35th/n_8558/" target="_blank"> Madonna</a> sometimes worked. She was discovered here when she persuaded the DJ to play one of her tapes. <a name="4av"></a> The disco scene in Madonna's film <i>Desperately Seeking Susan</i> was shot at the club. <p>Singer Sade served drinks at Danceteria, and artist Keith Haring worked in the cloakroom. Years earlier, Veronica Lake was a barmaid at the hotel. <p>Zana is the hotel's cafe/bar/lounge. There's a florist shop here, <b>Irene Hayes Wadley & Smythe LeMoult</b>; when it was just Irene Hayes, they provided the flowers for Lincoln's funeral cortege. <p><b>44:</b> Parkmed Eastern Women's Center <p><b>Corner (440 Park Ave S):</b> Design & Comfort furniture </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>E<br>A<br>S<br>T<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>Corner (121 Madison):</b> Rugs as Art is in a great red brick building. <p><b>29:</b> Lasaro's <p><b>35:</b> The Nottingham apartments <p><b>41:</b> Log-On Cafe <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br> <p><b>47:</b> <b>Murray Hill Animal Hospital</b> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>Corner (444 Park Ave S):</b> Susie's Kitchen, deli </td></tr></table> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="4av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           PARK AVENUE SOUTH           <a href="4av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>Corner (441 Park Ave S):</b> John's Deli <p><b>102:</b> Meridian Medical Institute of East-West Medicine <p><b>110:</b> Jewish Braille Institute of America <p><b>122:</b> One of several houses on this block that make me think, "Aw... I wish I lived here." <br><br><br> <a name="lexington"></a> <h3>First Moravian Church</h3> <p><b>Corner (154 Lexington):</b> The Moravians trace their denomination back to Jon Hus, burned at the stake for heresy in 1415. The New York congregation was established in 1748, and claims to have the oldest uninterrupted services (as they met throughout the Revolution). This church was built c. 1845 as the Baptist Church of the Mediator; the Moravians moved here in 1869. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>E<br>A<br>S<br>T<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>Corner (443 Park Ave S):</b> Kalaty oriental rugs, "tradition for today." <p><b>111:</b> The Pierpont apartments, built 1984 <p><b>121:</b> <a href="http://www.henrygeorgeschool.org/the%20school.htm" target="_blank"><b>Henry George School of Social Science</b></a>; promotes the economic philosophy of Henry George, who advocated social reform through a single tax on land-owners. <p><b>127:</b> Lexington-Parc apartments <p><b>139:</b> The Nevada apartments, red brick and stone built c. 1890. <h3>Touro College Lexington Campus</h3> <p><b>Corner (160 Lexington):</b> Built in 1909 as the New York School of Applied Design for Women; later the Pratt-New York Phoenix School of Design for Women. The <i>AIA Guide</i> calls the building, by Harvey Wiley Corbett, "a great tour de force of neo-Roman design." </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="lexington"></a> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="lexington.htm#30st">S <===</a>           LEXINGTON AVENUE           <a href="lexington.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <a name="3av"></a> <p><b>Corner (157 Lexington):</b> Penelope Cafe <br><br><br> <p><b>140:</b> Great brick. <p><b>148:</b> A five-story building called Smithsonian <br><br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>Corner (430 3rd):</b> La Cocina, Mexican </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>E<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>Corner (161 Lexington):</b> <b>Ramada Inn New York New York</b>, formerly the Rutledge Hotel. Built 1924. A sharp-looking old building--though the ground floor Cafe Vienna looks pretty junky. <p><b>143:</b> <a href="http://www.murrayhillinn.com/" target="_blank"> <b>Murray Hill Inn</b></a>. "The friendly, multi-lingual staff and semi-private bathrooms are reminiscent of the quaint hotels of Europe." <p><b>155:</b> Detective novelist <a href="http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dhammett.htm" target="_blank"> Dashiell Hammett</a> lived here in 1929-30, working on <i>The Glass Key</i>. <p><b>159 (corner):</b> Bentley Apartments, built 1986. Sybele fashions on ground floor. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="3av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           3RD AVENUE           <a href="3av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <a name="2av"></a> <p><b>Corner (429 3rd):</b> Was Bagelry, which some say had the best bagels in New York. <br><br><br> <p><b>208:</b> Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Has kind of a Le Carre feel. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>232:</b> Concorde Medical Group <p><b>250 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.thesycamoreny.com/index.html" target="_blank"> The Sycamore</a> condominiums.The developer of this $35 million project is a working firefighter, James P. Kennelly. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>E<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>Corner (431 3rd):</b> Billy's Bank Cafe; sports bar in a former bank. <p><b>201:</b> Megantic apartments are apparently named for a lake in Quebec, though it could mean "mega-gigantic." <p><b>207:</b> The 10-story Wilshire apartments were built in 1985 on the site of Columbia Records' <a href="http://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/post/default.aspx?postID=57" target="_blank" title="Info"> <b>30th Street Studio</b></a>, where such landmark albums as Miles Davis' <i>Kind of Blue</i>, Bob Dylan's <i>Highway 61 Revisited</i>, Leonard Bernstein's <i>West Side Story</i> and Glenn Gould's <i>Goldberg Variations</i> were recorded. studio was originally the Adams Memorial Presbyterian Church, built in 1875; it was adapted for recording in 1949. <p><b>223:</b> Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York; here since 1957. <p><b>245:</b> The Leonard apartments, built early in the 20th Century </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="2av.htm#30st">S <===</a>           2ND AVENUE           <a href="2av.htm#30st">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <a name="1av"></a> <p><b>Corner (540 2nd):</b> Waterfront Ale House. It's easy to forget that this is only two blocks from the East River--which is technically a branch of the ocean. An NYU med school hangout. "Great Food, Great Beer." <p><b>310:</b> <a href="http://www.churchillschool.com/index.html" target="_blank"> Churchill School and Center</a>; a private school for children with learning disabilities. The main building is on 29th Street. <p><b>316:</b> NYU Medical Center; offices of development and public affairs. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>E<br><br>3<br>0<br>T<br>H</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <h3>Kips Bay Plaza</h3> <p><b>335:</b> This 21-story exposed-concrete slab was built in 1960 to an I.M. Pei design. 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