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7 Middlemay Circle
1957-1972* |
Pia Zadora |
Singer & Actress, born Pia Schipani in 1954. Attended Our Lady Queen of Martyrs.
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150 Burns Street
ca. 1952-1958 |
Bert Bacharach |
Academy award winning performer & composer of popular tunes in the '60s & '70s.
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3 |
123 Greenway North
"Granston Tower"
1946-1953
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Trygve Lie |
1st Secretary General of the U.N. Hosted visit of President Eisenhower here in 1952.
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150 Greenway North
1920s-1946
orig. resided at
50 Olive Place
1920
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Fred Stone |
Popular vaudeville star who created the scarecrow role in the Broadway production of The Wizard of Oz (1903).
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167 Greenway North
1984-1974
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Mike Miranda
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Convicted "mafia chieftain" caught in the Appalachian Conference raid in 1957 and implicated in the Anastasia barber chair murder case.
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22 Deepdene Road
1967-2002
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Geraldine Ferraro
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Congresswoman and Ist woman candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States (1984).
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40 Deepdene Road
1913-1923
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Frederick Goudy
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Celebrated & prolific type designer. Designed Goudy Old Style.
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52 Deepdene Road
1964-1982
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Jimmy Breslin
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Lively newspaper columnist and political activist.
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9 |
8 Markwood Road
(no record of ownership)
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Grosvenor Atterbury
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Architect contracted by Rusell Sage Foundation to plan.
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27 Wendover Road
1928-1955
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Dale Carnegie
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Known for his expertise in public speaking & personality development and author of How To Win Friends and Influence People (1936).
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275 Greenway South
1914-1930
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Lyman Beecher Stowe
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Author, Grandson of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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239 Greenway South
1925-1960
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John V.L. Hogan
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Radio pioneer, developer of the single-dial radio. fax & 1st FM radio station WQXR.
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13 |
234 (studio) & 236 (home)
Greenway South
1917-1952
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Adolph Weinman
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Sculptor best known for his design of the Liberty half-dollar & Mercury Dime, interior & facade of NYC's Penn Station & the WW 1 Soldiers & Sailors Memorial in Flagpole Green.
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14 |
64 Shorthill Road
1967-1979
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Dr. Raymond Damadian
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Pioneer in the development of the MRI using nuclear magnetic resonance to detect disease.
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15 |
56 Ingram Street
1956-1974
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David Caruso
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TV Actor best known for his role in NYPD Blue.
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20 Ingram Street
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"Peter Parker"
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Spider Man of comics and film alleged to have lived at this address.
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17 |
105 Greenway South
1928-1063
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Frank Ericson
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Noted gambler who purportedly ran a gambling operation in his basement. He was considered the biggest bookmaker in the U.S.
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18 |
129 Continental Ave.
1946-1957
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John H. Sununu
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Republican Gov. of N.H. & Presidential Chief of Staff for Pres. George H. W. Bush (1989-1991).
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19 |
2 Olive Place
1926-1939
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John F. Hylan
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Former mayor of NYC (1918-1925).
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20 |
25 Greenway South
1946-1986
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James Kriegsmann
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Prominent celebrity photographer. Known for his photos of Elvis & "Miss Subways" posters.
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34 Greenway South
1943-1946
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Branch Ricky
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Brooklyn Dodgers owner who signed Jackie Robinson, first Black major league baseball player, in 1945.
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65 Greenway Terr.
1953-1969
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Thelma Ritter
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Emmy & Tony Award winning actress who appeared in Miracle on 34th Street (1947) & Rear Window (1954).
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6 Burns Street
ca. 1949
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R. Buckminster Fuller
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Mathematician, architect and futurist. Inventor of the geodesic dome and author of Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (1969).
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