PHOTO ARTICLE: Lost New York City Pt.II
A time travel exercise...
So last time I ran out of space last time I did this before Substack panicked about the amount of images. Part one was part my free launch offer and you can see those images via the link below if you want to refresh your memories…
Today I’m sharing the rest, so buckle up while we get up to 88mph…
First off, many, MANY of the most outlandish homes that Manhattan had to offer are now gone. At one point there was a craze for these neo-classical mansions made to look like ancient temples. The guilty parties that kicked off this fashion included Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Latrobe and NYC was proud as punch.
The Greek Palace (pictured above) was designed by A. J. Davis for the super-rich ship builder John Cox Stevens and it was built in about 1849 near Murray Street and West Broadway. One appraisal bragged that: “The Palais Bourbon in Paris, Buckingham Palace in London… are little grander than this residence of a simple citizen of our Republican city.’
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