119th St Between 2nd Ave and 1st Ave

This block starts off as any other in the area, with a series of older apartment buildings – each with their own color and character.  Then, around the middle of the block, you come to a sight that's becoming far too common: A series of identical apartment buildings lined up one after the other; each sporting the same generic red brick front and concrete, split stoop. The buildings are set back from the street a good 10 or 15 feet, which leaves the mailboxes sitting on the curb in some security box. While this isn't an uncommon sight, what makes this block different is the fact that the other side of the street mirrors it exactly!  So instead of having one dimension of of repetitive boringness, there's two! Every doorway, every stairway, every parking garage in the middle of the block is mirrored exactly on the other site.  It's like walking into a Marx Brothers skit. I only regret I was unable to get a clear photo of this bizarreness.

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[Vantage Properties]

You know what they say: what's important is what's on the inside, not the outside =)