![]() ![]() Wakin, author of “ The Man With the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block” (Arcade Publishing, out Tuesday), which chronicles the luxury homes and the people who resided in them.īut behind those moneyed walls were stories of sensational crime, gruesome medical procedures and high-profile infidelity. “Being there conveyed a sense of arriving,” said Daniel J. The mansions, now worth between $5.5 million and $8.5 million each, look like the kinds of stately places where heiresses, movie stars and titans of industry would have lived - and they did. When numbers 330 through 337 were built at the turn of the 20th century, millionaires were drawn to what was touted as the next Fifth Avenue. ![]() Along Riverside Drive, between 105th and 106th streets, stands a distinguished line of Beaux Arts-style mansions known as the Seven Beauties. ![]()
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