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The facade of the UPPER
Squadron A Armory is all WEST SIDE East Side
that remains of the original
building. It is now the west
wall of the playground CENTRAL
PARK
of Hunter College High EAST SIDE
UPPER
School. The school was
built to complement Roosevelt I.
The William G. the style of the armory. UPPER Queens
Loew Mansion MIDTOWN
(1931), now part of Locator Map
the Spence School, See map pp16–17
is in the “American
Adams” style. Key
Suggested route
Public 0 meters 100
basketball 0 yards 100
court
To 96th Street
subway (2 blocks)

The Synod of Bishops of
the Russian Orthodox
9 3 R D S T
Church Outside of
Russia is housed in a
lovely 1918 mansion.
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9 2 N D S T
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K A V
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U P A
N
E Night Presence IV (1972), a
N A V modern work in rusting steel,
was created by Louise
O E Nevelson. Some New
S U
I N Yorkers feel it is out
D E
A of place among
M N A V its staid, old-
fashioned
T O neighbors on
G
N Park Avenue.
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At 120 and 122 East 92nd Street
are two of the few wooden
houses left in Manhattan. Built in
1859 and 1871, respectively, they
have a charming Italianate air.
The Marx Brothers spent their
boyhoods in a three-bedroom
apartment in a modest row house
at 179 East 93rd Street.

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