New York Times writer Chistopher Gray chronicles the history and recent renovation of New York City's 'brownstone Grand Canyon' on East 93rd street.
"Sloping down from the crest of Carnegie Hill, East 93rd Street from Madison to Fifth Avenues is a peaceful block in the Carnegie Hill Historic District, with a mix of old brownstones and later town-house renovations of the 1920s and 1930s. Now workers' trucks double-park here as several renovations bring a fresh wave of change.
The first houses were built in clumps, like the four from 14 to 20 East 93rd, which were put up in 1893 by Walter Reid, a developer. They were bought by well-to-do people like Sender Jarmulowsky, who moved into No. 16.
He had come to the United States from Russia in the 1870s, establishing a bank on the Lower East Side, and was the president of the Eldridge Street Synagogue when it built its Moorish-style sanctuary south of Delancey Street in 1887.
On the west side of Mr. Jarmulowsky's stoop is one of the sights of the street: the separate blocks of stone have weathered down to wildly different levels, their bedding planes pitching and diving. The spot is like a brownstone Grand Canyon."
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