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N a city swamped by development, how bad are the chances for four little buildings on a prime Madison Avenue corner in Midtown? Well, maybe not all that grim, despite the big “for sale” sign on one, 534 Madison Avenue, built in 1870 as one of a quartet of brownstones at the northwest corner of 54th Street.
N a city swamped by development, how bad are the chances for four little buildings on a prime Madison Avenue corner in Midtown? Well, maybe not all that grim, despite the big “for sale” sign on one, 534 Madison Avenue, built in 1870 as one of a quartet of brownstones at the northwest corner of 54th Street.
The arrival of the Vanderbilt mansions on Fifth Avenue between 50th and 58th Streets in the 1880s cast a reflected glamour on Madison, but the Vanderbilts proved to be a transitory presence. After 1900, shops, hotels and crowds began to force householders north of 59th Street, and the four brownstones at Madison and 54th had a less idyllic setting.
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