...the Village or lower West Side of Manhattan, NYC, these days? I'd love to know what's presently standing on the following sites [e.g., "4-story apartment house, circa 1960s", or "really-old-funky-looking-tenement-could-be-19th-Century", that sorta thing] : 14 Grove St. 10-1/2 Grove St. 16 Gansevoort St. 224 West 18th St. 413 West 25th St. All five addresses were places where either my grandparents or great-grandparents lived. I now live in California and can't easily get back to NYC to look at these places with my own aging eyes. Incidentally, the 10-1/2 Grove address was further defined by the small letter, 'r,' meaning "rear," and I've read enough about 19th Century slums to know "rears' were ramshackle structures thrown up behind street-fronting buildings to pack still more unfortunate, desperate people onto the lot....and, of course, increase the landlord's income. There's no way the "rear" building could still be standing [I certainly hope not!], but at least I'd like to know what's fronting at that number today. Any kind IRISH-in-NY souls who walk through those 'nabes' who'd be willing to take note of what's there for me? And who just might be carrying a digital camera and...oh, well, I guess that's too much to hope for. BTW, while searching for my g-GPs and gg-GPs in a NY City Directory of the 1860s or 1870s, I found a "Matthew Brady, phtg," listed as a resident in one of the Chelsea-area addresses above [don't remember which one just right now]. Maybe there were two Matthew Brady photographers back then, but I do know the famous Civil War chronicler was originally from NYC and moved to Washington, DC, during the War. Whether he remained permanently in DC after the War or came back to Manhattan, I don't know, but I enjoy thinking my gg-GM and g-GM were neighbors to the man at some point in his career. Best Regards, G. Alexander