On West 63rd Street near Central Park is what is likely NYC’s largest and most ornate YMCA you’ll ever see. It was designed by mostly unheralded architect Dwight James Baum (1886-1939), who worked mostly in Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx: The Y.M.C.A. might have turned to an established club or hotel architect, but it instead [...]