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2 unusual facts about Pomander Walk


Pomander Walk

Author and former resident Darryl Pinckney called it "an insertion of incredible whimsy" into the Upper West Side.

According to city historian Christopher Gray, when Healy was unable to get financing for a hotel, he built the houses that stand on the site today, apparently to provide a temporary cash-flow while he waited to raze them and build the hotel.



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