AboutJohn V. Barbieri Expertise I am a New York City trivia buff. I have written "Mr. New York`s Trivia Quiz", a 600-page fun book which offers hundreds of multiple choice questions and answers. Each of the 38 chapters cover a different aspect of NYC. The topics include: places, people, history, sports, buildings, theatre, fun facts & more.
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Expert: John V. Barbieri Date: 9/9/2006 Subject: Houses on Park Avenue
Question Thanks you for your help, sir. Is this the only privately owned home on Park Avenue? The short story I'm creating would involve an older mano-sized residence built at the turn of the century and now delapidated or already demolished. I'm basicly looking for an address or location that would realisticly serve as a possible location. Never having been to Manhattan, I'm basicly searching for a logical address/location for just such a fictional site.
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I'm in the process of writing a short story about a haunted house on or near Park Avenue and was wondering if there were any locations on Park Avenue where an old manor house could actually exist. I would appreciate any help you could give me on this.
It may be the grandest single-family residence in New York, with a full 100-foot frontage on Park Avenue at the northeast corner of 64th Street. Such a claim may account for the asking price of $29 million for the old Thomas A. Howell residence built in 1920.
Best of luck on your story!
John
Answer William,
Park Ave. above Grand Central is mostly commercial and high-rise apartments. No such residence exists today that is delapidated, as this is prime real estate. Perhaps "Park Ave. South" would be more realistic (in the low 20's to 17th Street).
