In a 2006 New York Times story, “Even a Major Architect Has Minor Commissions,” writer Christopher Gray discussed two rowhouses at 231–233 West 74th Street (between Broadway and West End Avenue).
“In 1929, the two houses were scheduled for demolition to make way for a 35-story hotel on the Broadway corner. But it was never built, and by the 1930s furnished rooms were offered for rent in both buildings, a practice that has continued ever since.”
ILTUWS noticed over the weekend that 231 West 74th Street is now completely boarded up with no points of entry, indicating the last tenants are gone; 233 was boarded up last year…