commando1
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The reflection on the hood seem pretty dead on to me. Including the two guys in the doorway.
Where was this '70 brochure photo shot?
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agreed .. flipping/enlarging the way you did proves the doorman and his guest are there in the reflection, supporting the car/building is ONE picture ("shopped", not shopped .. that's outside my expertise - but still looks "funny" to me
). thx!
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MrMoparCHP
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After many times through this neighborhood I went right by this house at 40 East 68th Street...
I think I overlooked it because the stairs go down and not up. I then compared it to the one in the brochure and noticed that it wasn't the same house but dang close quite probably the same architect. In looking at the area around the front door I could see that there appeared to be recent work so I figured maybe other work was done.
So I came across this picture...
Here you can see the original stairs but the rest of the structure is identical to the current one so this isn't it and I thought I had it.
Alan
I think I overlooked it because the stairs go down and not up. I then compared it to the one in the brochure and noticed that it wasn't the same house but dang close quite probably the same architect. In looking at the area around the front door I could see that there appeared to be recent work so I figured maybe other work was done.
So I came across this picture...
Here you can see the original stairs but the rest of the structure is identical to the current one so this isn't it and I thought I had it.
Alan
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I think this just might be it! ! See the modifications they made to the house on the left? The basic architecture matches, only some icing on the cake has been changed.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
That second picture is not the same building as the first. The floor elevations are not mismatched like the first picture or the brochure picture. That Google map one sure looks real close.After many times through this neighborhood I went right by this house at 40 East 68th Street...
I think I overlooked it because the stairs go down and not up. I then compared it to the one in the brochure and noticed that it wasn't the same house but dang close quite probably the same architect. In looking at the area around the front door I could see that there appeared to be recent work so I figured maybe other work was done.
So I came across this picture...
Here you can see the original stairs but the rest of the structure is identical to the current one so this isn't it and I thought I had it.
Alan
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Damn. So close, Peter! So close.
Not the same location but absolutely the same architect!
I'm positive you're in the right neighborhood.
Not the same location but absolutely the same architect!
I'm positive you're in the right neighborhood.
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In my searches , I kept running across this blogspot. Fascinating too btw.
Daytonian in Manhattan
I wrote the person who runs the blog and who wrote a very detailed book. Nice guy ..seriously. He has walked these streets and documented hundreds of existing and razed buildings. Its safe to call him an "expert".
I sent him the brochure photo. His conclusion:
1. Definitely Manhattan, Upper East Side if anywhere in NYC. Distinctive limestone facade and architecture is unmistakable. Could be off Riverside Drive though (quite a few similar structures are there when Upper East Side real estate was saturated with all the uber-wealthy).
Riverside Drive (Manhattan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. Sadly, he does not know our buildings. He said they are distinctive enough to have immediately captured his attention and therefore would be documented IF still standing, and/or if documented in archival photos he researched.
He believes our buildings likely were razed for new constructions simce 1970 .. even IF they were in great condition at the time. A beautiful old limestone mansion is NO economic match for a apartment building 10X larger occupying the same footprint.
3. Without prompting, his judgement is that circular driveway NEVER existed in NYC, but was a creative addition to the brochure shot.
4. He also acknowledged the buildings may NEVER have been in NYC .. but could not think of where else (i.e., what other city, foreign or domestic) had such magnificent, well maintained 1880-1920's structures packed into one area other than in Manhattan in 1970.
That might do it on this one.
Daytonian in Manhattan
I wrote the person who runs the blog and who wrote a very detailed book. Nice guy ..seriously. He has walked these streets and documented hundreds of existing and razed buildings. Its safe to call him an "expert".
I sent him the brochure photo. His conclusion:
1. Definitely Manhattan, Upper East Side if anywhere in NYC. Distinctive limestone facade and architecture is unmistakable. Could be off Riverside Drive though (quite a few similar structures are there when Upper East Side real estate was saturated with all the uber-wealthy).
Riverside Drive (Manhattan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. Sadly, he does not know our buildings. He said they are distinctive enough to have immediately captured his attention and therefore would be documented IF still standing, and/or if documented in archival photos he researched.
He believes our buildings likely were razed for new constructions simce 1970 .. even IF they were in great condition at the time. A beautiful old limestone mansion is NO economic match for a apartment building 10X larger occupying the same footprint.
3. Without prompting, his judgement is that circular driveway NEVER existed in NYC, but was a creative addition to the brochure shot.
4. He also acknowledged the buildings may NEVER have been in NYC .. but could not think of where else (i.e., what other city, foreign or domestic) had such magnificent, well maintained 1880-1920's structures packed into one area other than in Manhattan in 1970.
That might do it on this one.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
A lot of Google Street View nerds had fun with this one. I know I put in hours "walking" the streets. 
330dTA
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I Thank You both, amazinblue82, and commando1. Amazing results. I think we all had fun following and doing this little research.
Carmine
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Agree. This was a fun thread... we should do another, and/or see if Google can get us a similar view of the Dayton, Ohio (?) skyline in the "wayfair" thread. My home Internet isn't as good as some of you guys, my street-view guy probably can only walk as fast as a 90 y/o woman with a bad hip.
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commando1
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Any guesses?
Never mind. Enuf iz enuf.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
330dTA
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Just for the record:
The ”mansion” in the back of the 1970 New Yorker brochure photo is a prop (!) in Burbank CA, at the Warner Bros studio grounds, at Warner Bros Ranc Pool, which is a ”New York street view” prop. Both houses in the brochure photo match 100%.
Here:
https://goo.gl/maps/E1sFVxdVAYQ2
The ”mansion” in the back of the 1970 New Yorker brochure photo is a prop (!) in Burbank CA, at the Warner Bros studio grounds, at Warner Bros Ranc Pool, which is a ”New York street view” prop. Both houses in the brochure photo match 100%.
Here:
https://goo.gl/maps/E1sFVxdVAYQ2
@330dTA -- thanks but something is amiss. this thread is in TWO places it seems? the "larger" thread is over 360 posts/19 pages .. this one is a shorter duplicate (four pages, 70 posts)?
I believe I know what happened .. see post #77 below. Sorry for the confusion.
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Caught me of guard as well, recalled some comments and didn't remember seeing them in the other thread.
Slightly different names.
Where was this Mopar Brochure/Ad Photo shot?
Where was this '70 brochure photo shot?
Alan
Slightly different names.
Where was this Mopar Brochure/Ad Photo shot?
Where was this '70 brochure photo shot?
Alan
one existed before the other.
i believe six years ago I was thinking about a broader thread --- NOT wanting to "highjack" the earlier thread with NON-mopars (I was thinking we'd run outta mopars and started adding any photo that would make a decent game no matter the brand)
I shoulda gone BACK to the first thread with that New Yorker we could NOT find, and just crossed referenced the two threads.
330dTA
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Fun threads, all of them.
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