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| Introduction |
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Murray Hill's Boundaries and the Murray Hill Historic District's Boundaries |
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Story of the Murray Hill Farm (Iclenberg) |
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Mary Lindley Murray and the British General Howe |
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How Murray Hill Got Its Name |
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Robert Murray (the Beulah Affair) |
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Development of the Area after the American Revolution |
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Chapter 2 Our Tour Begins: Second Avenue, East 35th Street, East 34th Street and East 35th Street Between Third Avenue and Lexington |
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A Provocative Sculpture of Christ |
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Southeast Corner of East 35th Street and First Avenue, St. Vartan's Cathedral |
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Abstract Expressionist Sculpture Raising the Cross |
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Estonian House (Originally the Civic Club) |
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First View of the Empire State Building |
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Three Buildings that Started as Carriage Houses (Malvina Hoffman) |
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Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University (Packard Commercial School) |
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Chapter 3 Entering the Murray Hill Historic District: Lexington Avenue, East 35th Street, East 36th Street and East 38th Street |
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James F.D. Lanier Mansion |
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New York New Church (from 1858) |
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Admiral David G. Farragut |
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Sniffen Court Historic District |
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne |
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Chapter 4 Bowdoin Stable to the Townhouse Apartments: East 38th Street to East 40th Street Between Third Avenue and Park Avenue |
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George S. Bowdoin Stable (from 1902) |
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Abraham Lincoln's Granddaughter |
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Chapter 5 The Murray Hill Hotel to the Scandinavia House: Park Avenue Between East 40th Street and East 37th Street |
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All-Steel "House of the Modern Age" |
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Adelaide L.T. Douglas Mansion (Originally from 1911) |
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Augusta Bliss Reese Townhouse |
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Site of the Murray Hill Farm House (Plaque) |
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Chapter 6 Millionaires, Suffragettes and Humanity's Hero: East 38th Street, Madison Avenue, Fifth Avenue and East 37th Street |
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Site of R.C. Grace Mansion |
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Site of Theodore A. Havemeyer Mansion |
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Lord & Taylor Department Store |
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Tiffany & Company Building (Originally from 1916) |
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Stewart & Company Building (from 1914) |
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Jan Karski ("Humanity's Hero") |
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Joseph Raphael De Lamar House (Originally from 1905) |
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Chapter 7 J.P. Morgan Jr. Mansion to Alexander T. Stewart: East 37th Street, Madison Avenue, Fifth Avenue and East 34th Street |
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Isaac Phelps Mansion (from 1852; J.P. Morgan Jr. Mansion from 1904 to 1943) |
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J.P. Morgan Library and Annex |
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J. Hampton Robb Mansion (Originally from 1898) |
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Thomas B. Clark House (Originally from 1902) |
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Church of the Incarnation (from 1868) |
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B. Altman Department Store (Now Science Industry & Business Library Branch of the New York Public Library) |
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Chapter 8 The Astors and the Empire State Building to the Wilbraham Building: Fifth Avenue, West 34th Street, West 32nd Street and East 30th Street |
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Alfred Stieglitz (Site of 291 Gallery), 261 Fifth Avenue |
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Chapter 9 The Marble Collegiate Church to Andy Warhol: Fifth Avenue, East 29th Street, Madison Avenue, East 31st Street, East 32nd Street, Park Avenue and East 33rd Street |
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Church of the Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner") |
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The Colony Club (from 1905), American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
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Madison Avenue Baptist Church Parish House |
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Chapter 10 Our Tour Ends Expressing a Microcosm of Ideas and Human Goals: East 32nd Street, Park Avenue South, Park Avenue, East 33rd Street and East 34th Street |
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Grolier's Club (Originally from 1889) |
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Schwarzenbach Building (the Silk Center) |
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Alexander T. Stewart's Home for Women |
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Vanderbilt Hotel (Originally from 1912) |
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Della Robbia Bar (the Crypt) |
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Subway Station (and Eagles that Disappeared) |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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| About the Authors |
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