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Pomander Walk
This double row of small brick and stucco,
timbered, Tudoresque townhouses, hidden on a
private street, is one of the many delightful sur-
prises to be discovered in Manhattan. The deve-
loper,arestaurateurnamedThomasHealy,took
his inspiration in 1921 from the sets used for a
popular play by Lewis Parker called
Pomander
Walk
, hoping to recreate the village atmosphere
depicted in the play. Gloria Swanson, Rosalind
Russell, and Humphrey Bogart are among the
actors who have lived here.
• 261-7 West 94th St, between Broadway
& West End Ave
House facade, Pomander Walk
Upper West Side Architecture
The Upper West Side's side streets are lined with fine rows of the brown-
stonesfavoredbyNewYork's19th-centurymiddleclasses.Builtofinexpens-
ive, local, brown sandstone, the narrow buildings are typically three or four
stories high, and have a flight of steps called a “stoop” leading to the living
floors.
