http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/a-riverside-drive-mansion-and-monument/ Chronicling an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts Thu, 23 May 2013 21:22:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/a-riverside-drive-mansion-and-monument/#comment-32953 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:31:44 +0000 http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/?p=12753#comment-32953 This is my wife’s old stamping ground. She grew up on 89th between Riverside Drive and West End. (Back then the neighborhood was nothing like it is now.) When she was a little monkey, she shimmied up the monument to the base of those columns; the older boys climbed all the way to the top. Also, the Rice mansion may get that much needed maintenance. Neighborhood groups have been mobilized to get it fixed up. Last, thanks again for including the message written by the sender. I think it says (in tortured English), How’s everything. When you coming. I guess question marks weren’t in vogue then! Thanks a lot for posting this!

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