November 18th, 2009 — 3:46PM
lrusso: The Dakota circa 1890.  What strikes me most about this picture is how much urban development happened in the subsequent 60 years or so.  By the 1950s, New York as we know it was starting to take shape.  In this picture, the UWS looks downright desolate. My building was built around 1880 or 1890 - so it’s somewhere about 20 blocks north of this.

lrusso:

The Dakota circa 1890. 

What strikes me most about this picture is how much urban development happened in the subsequent 60 years or so.  By the 1950s, New York as we know it was starting to take shape.  In this picture, the UWS looks downright desolate.

My building was built around 1880 or 1890 - so it’s somewhere about 20 blocks north of this.

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    that photo? Love it!
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    The Dakota circa 1890.
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    I want to live there one day.
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    I love this picture. The UWS was so desolate. Does anyone know of any sites that have more pictures of the UWS before it...
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    It was called “The Dakota” because it was so remote from the settled parts of NYC. It didn’t quite take till the ’50s...
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    The Dakota circa 1890. This is my favorite building in New York. It looks completely different without the surrounding...
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    God I want to move to the UWS.
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    built around 1880 or 1890 - so it’s somewhere about 20 blocks north of this.
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Hi, I'm Kevin Burg. I am a web designer, I work at thoughtbot and I live in New York City. Email me: kevinburg -at- gmail.com