Which war? Synagogues on the upper west side

In a message dated 3/14/2005 9:30:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, janerose7@  writes:

Thanks. I actually have a 3rd question. It appears that there are many prewar synagogues located on mid-block sites (such as Young Israel on W. 91st St. and Bnai Jeshurun on W. 89th St.) while most prewar churches appear to be  located on avenues. Is this just anecdotal observation?

Interesting, isn't it?   I think there is a "which war do you mean?" issue here: the early religious institutions on the upper west side were Christian, and took up the corner sites, when they were more widely available.   The synagogues arrived in the 1910's, when fewer corners were available.  I think that is likeliest.  But it's a hard thing to demonstrate. 

 

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