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$45 million penthouse property with dramatic city views,
and start mentally calculating. On Madison anything is
possible.
Even soaring with birds. Enabling that fanciful flight is
the Arader Galleries' alchemy, its internationally-known
calling card, a wide range of hand-colored, copperplate
engravings from The Birds of
America, iconic Audubons.
Synonymous with wilderness and
wildlife preservation, these life-
size watercolors, such as the 1828
Carolina Parrot, an extremely rare
1827 Female Turkey, and The Great
White Heron standing in the Florida
Keys, figuratively jump off the walls.
Remarkably, these wonderful
depictions share gallery space with
historical maps dating back to the
1600's, such as the first printed view
of Manhattan island (1684 by Nicolas
VIsscher) and a memorable $96,000 Plan of New York
City (1767) done by John Montesor, a British engineer/
surveyor doubling as a spy who secretly surveyed the
city when not involved in upstate military campaigns. Like
everything displayed, it is museum quality.
A similarly tranquil retreat, the cozy yet abundantly-stocked
Crawford Doyle book shop is another beguiling escape
from time, a haunt for the likes of Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe
