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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1926/00/00 Real estate developer Joseph G Thomas hires Van Wart and Wein to design an upscale apartment building at the end of East 52nd Street overlooking the East River.
1927/00/00 Van Wart and Wein Architect With 16 apartments, the 14-story Venetian-Gothic Campanile building is erected overlooking the East River.
1927/00/00 Ralph Pulitzer Jr Home Ralph Pulitzer Jr acquires a large apartment at The Campanile.
1929/07/00 Bessie and Ralph Pulitzer make a home at The Campanile on Manhattan's east side.
1942/08/22 Alice Duer Miller Died After an illness of eight months, Alice Duer Miller dies at her residence, 450 E 52nd St in New York, NY.
1942/08/24 Alice Duer Miller In Memoriam Rev J Brett Langstaff, Rector of St Edmund's Church, leads the Episcopal funerl service for Alice Duer Miller at her residence, 450 East Fifty-second Street.
1953/10/00 Greta Garbo Home Garbo finds refuge from press and fans when she buys a co-op near the East River. Her home until her death in 1990, the 7-room flat takes up the entire 5th floor.

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Particulars for The Campanile, NYC:
Building Type Apartment Building
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Multiple dwelling
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Area of Significance Social History
Architectural Style Venetian Gothic Revival




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