Quote Originally Posted by Gistok View Post
The only thing I'm a little puzzled about is this... it says that the original mansion had a long blank flat wall in back. So I take it that this means that these four shallow 3 story wings in back came later, when the building was transformed into residences?
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What you are seeing are the air shafts. Those were used prior to air conditioning. The tenement apartments of that time period did not have those air shafts and most of the apartments had no access to air, light, and even used a shared bath. The lack of these shafts were instrumental in establishing modern building and zoning codes. I am sure they are there because Scott could afford them.