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The Ryans & Smiths in NYC
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Ira BuchmanActor: Pankow, John "Mad About You" Supporting Actor
Ansonia Hotel -
The Ansonia Hotel is noted for its Beaux Arts designed
by Paul E.M. Duboy in 1899 to rival the nearby Dakota
building. Most notable are the round corner tower and
the two-story mansard roof. The hotel's thick walls have
attracted musicians such as Stravinsky and Toscanini.
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Don Ryan, Millie Ryan, Elizabeth Smith, Terry Smith, Kimberly (Kim) Ryan The photo above was taken inside the lobby of the Ansonia Hotel, which has been converted to condominiums. We met Millie outside the hotel, and met up with Don and Kim inside. The apartment was decorated in a "funky motif" filled with orange glass vases, walls filled with paintings from local artists, and "period" furniture. The interior was quite artsy and unusual, but also felt quite homey.. As we walked the upper west side, Kim talked to a few "neighbors" walking in the neighborhood, including a neighbor by the name of John Pankow. After he left, Kim told us that he was an actor on "Mad About You" (his photo is top-left). We didn't recognize him because he was wearing a hat. We had a nice evening at a local Chinese restaurant, and afterwards made our way back to the Ansonia. It was great to see the Ryans again...although I was a little nervous about giving them "poison ivy." A week earlier I was pulling out poison ivy in my yard, and by the time we met the Ryans, I was already on my second day of taking steroids. |
