Housing

Downton Abbey on the Upper West Side

The hidden Old English village in New York (that's off-limits to New Yorkers).

A few weeks ago Kenneth Rosen at (the excellent new) Narratively gave us an inside look at Pomander Walk — a sweet little village hidden away on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The secluded enclave consists of two rows of houses set inside the block bounded by Broadway, 94th Street, West End, and 95th Street. The homes, accessible only by a private walk, seem fresh out of a time warp from Old England:

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