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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.

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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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