riverside drive – Scouting NY

In Plain Sight | Manhattan | Morningside Heights

The Servant’s Entrance

ByScout May 21, 2009January 8, 2014

Quick one for today: I was eating lunch in my car at 113th & Riverside when I noticed an interesting sign on this beautiful apartment building: Next to the gate on the right side of the building is this sign: “Servants & Tradesmens Entrance,” complete with one of those great old-fashioned directional hand illustrations. Servants?…

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The Dragon House on West 76th Street

ByScout March 10, 2009January 8, 2014

I was scouting around the West 70’s over by Riverside Drive when I saw this really, really interesting building ornamented in an incredible dragon motif (map link): It’s literally covered in dragons, starting with these lining the balcony, each with its own shield: These two look like they’re sharing a joke: Then, beautifully nestled in…