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Steel magnate Charles Schwab's 75-room, $6 million beaux-arts chateau on the Upper West Side, completed in 1906, was razed in 1948 and replaced by an apartment building.
New York circa 1910. "C.M. Schwab residence 'Riverside'." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Buildings now block the rarely seen backside of this landmark on Broadway and W 73rd St.
What is the tall ornate building visible to the left of the mansion? From the angle it looks like it would be on West End Ave., or perhaps Broadway, in the mid '70s, but I don't recognize it from my days on the Upper West Side.
But apparently it's "his" only on a short-term lease. Denys Finch Hatton was right when he said we are only "renters".
Click here for more on the man and his manse.
New York is four-hundred years old and London is two-thousand years old give or take. It's all about maximizing profit per square foot of realty space. This is why London looks so different from New York.
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