tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post6007395285489572985..comments2024-03-28T09:54:05.932-07:00Comments on BIG OLD HOUSES: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About My BlockJohn Foremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062464473900774511noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-90242344498848107222014-09-28T22:35:08.040-07:002014-09-28T22:35:08.040-07:00A little more sympathy for the vet.A little more sympathy for the vet.almchrl1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16647893378790768207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-91525098349830272382014-04-13T23:59:25.410-07:002014-04-13T23:59:25.410-07:00Very interesting and thanks for giving us a glimps...Very interesting and thanks for giving us a glimpse of your cozy little nest!Market Decorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583464151037024870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-63663747707194897242014-03-14T21:08:51.164-07:002014-03-14T21:08:51.164-07:00Great article. My great-great grandfather, Sylves...Great article. My great-great grandfather, Sylvester Murphy, was one of the speculator builders you describe. His first venture was on second and 50th. He sold that and used the proceeds to buy further north. He built from Park (4th ave) east on the south side of 64th st. and retained the corner house for himself as it was the least desirable; the trains ran down the center of Park. When the family first moved there the terrain was full of boulders that had to be blasted out. Goats ran loose in the scrub nearby. The family brought a cow with them in addition to their horses. The cow was kept in a yard behind their house. Sylvester also built on 65th near third and on 71st east of Park. He built tenements north of 96th street. Sylvester's sons went on to build significant commercial, public and ecclesiastical buildings in and around New York. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-46230407046084142892014-03-14T18:19:16.780-07:002014-03-14T18:19:16.780-07:00Great blog, and I thank you for your historic pers...Great blog, and I thank you for your historic perspective and attention to detail. What a nice neighborhood! If I had the means and the desire to live in NYC, I'd be most pleased to reside there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-45120211244953432632014-03-14T09:12:03.109-07:002014-03-14T09:12:03.109-07:00How very informative this was...thanks so much. I...How very informative this was...thanks so much. I'm particularly impressed by the owners who "re-Eastlake'd" their house with such dedication to authentic detail...marvelous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-88517598540444093902014-03-14T05:01:18.013-07:002014-03-14T05:01:18.013-07:00Thanks very much for an enjoyable walk around the ...Thanks very much for an enjoyable walk around the block to inspect the buildings eternally "under construction." Putting the archaeology in historical context is gracefully done, as usual. And how kind of you to indulge your readers' curiosity: of course we want to see how your pied a terre compares with the country seat!<br /><br />Thanks, too, for the phrase "premier pre-school." Oh, dear - oh, dear.<br />Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.com