Bing & Bing Con...

  Bing & Bing: The Impact on Greenwich Village   Alexander and Leo Bing started their enterprise in 1909, and worked mostly on the Upper West and then Upper East sides of Manhattan. So, it is interesting that their greatest legacy is arguably in Greenwich Village. So it went,...

James T. Lee

An interesting figure in the development of prewar apartments in New York City is the grandfather of Jacqueline Onassis (who herself last resided at 1040 Fifth Avenue). James T. Lee is credited as the builder of the first great New York City cooperative apartment house on Fifth Avenue, north...