Sniffen Court

"i came here on a Moonlight drive but the music was over, and all the people were strange. very strange days"

"It’s an “oh that’s a cute little mews” experience, just as you’ re wondering what on earth you’re doing on this street. It’s a totally different vernacular to that part of the east side so Interesting and noteworthy… just not a destination. Unless you know someone there who invites you in for a look around…"

"It is amazing the number of people that walk right by this little architectural jewel of history on East 36th Street every day. Even more astounding are the hordes that pass by along 3rd Ave, just a few feet away, oblivious to its existence. I've worked over the years in three different office high rises and one day chimed in during a conversation I overheard among some Dutch tourists looking for other sites nearby and suggested it, only to have them shrug and say it is off the main street . Great to see that it has been preserved as a landmark. According to the marker these former stables all date to the Civil War period. I got lucky one of the days I passed by and saw the gate open. Some guys were doing construction work."

"Had to visit the place on account of it being on The Doors 'Strange Days' album cover. It's pretty much all there minus who and whatever the photographer brought to the shoot the 20 years previous - we'd visited in 1988. So it's been over thirty years since we'd seen it last - don't recall the gate being there. Dang how the time goes..."

"Was a nice landmark but I kept sniffen something funny-smelling in the air..I just kept sniffen and sniffen trying to figure out what it was."