A Mediterranean touch to in Greenwich Village Manhattan.
For Norm’s Thursday Doors 5/10/2018
Casa del Popolo doors
Thursday Doors
Fifth Door
24 Fifth Avenue, designed by Emery Roth, is a 15-story building in the heart of Greenwich Village that replaced the famous Brevoort mansion. It opened as the Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1926. It is now a condominium on Manhattan’s Lower Fifth “Gold Coast.” This door keeps the brass polishers busy.
About the Brevoort Mansion: George Rogers began building his country home in 1828 on the northern edge of what became Washington Square. Fifth Avenue was an unpaved road through the farmland of Henry Brevoort.
- Read the fascinating stories about the Brevoort Mansion at daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com
- For Norm’s Thursday Doors April 5, 2018
Lilac Door
I love the lilac, lavendar blue gray color and patina on this door. I hope it stays this way for a while.
For Norm’s Thursday Doors 3/22/2018
Fort Gansevoort
In front of the door is a triangle in the road that marks the site of an old Native American “castle”, so called because there was a wall around it. The door is at 5 Ninth Avenue, NYC.
A little history: Fort Gansevoort early 19c. and before that Native Americans lived there.
For Norm’s Thursday Doors March 8, 2018
