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In 1915 the wealthy widow Lizzie Nichols kept mainly to herself. She had grown to an ample 250 pounds and was still recovering from her.

Photo of The West Village: 70 Barrow Street, NYC - April 2009 . Built in 1852 as a fire house, by 1880 this building had been converted to an apartment house.

Woolworth Mansion, New York, NY - 20 Most Expensive Homes In The World . This neo-French Renaissance townhouse in NYC. The designer-architect was Charles Pierpont Henry Gilbert in

The Palace Hotel Entrance (Villard Mansion) on Madison Avenue, with Tower in rear (Built by Helmsley) NYC. -- entrance trees beautifully lit at night

Puck Building, NYC- Will and Grace Building Soho

Interior courtyard of The Dakota, NYC. John Lennon was murdered here, in the entrance. Yoko Ono still lives at the Dakota. The Dakota is not a condo, but a coop, a private corporation with admission by Board of Directors approval.

New York City photography greenwich village nyc by DreameryPhoto

New York City townhouses - Grove Court - Greenwich Village: Take a peek into a historic part of lower Manhattan. This little court features a garden and pre-Civil War homes.

Flatiron Building, New York City

Fletcher Mansion, Upper East Side, New York City; now the Ukrainian Institute of America. Gilbert in 1897 / This Gilbert is actually Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert and not Cass Gilbert.

Brooklyn Heights by Tamara Peterson

Fire escapes on the Lower East Side (credit goes to: wanderingnewyork)

Neue Gallerie Fifth Avenue Upper East Side

New York City

The Biltmore Mansion in Asheville, NC. Photo by Christopher Chalkley