On June 1st, 1999, on the very first ForgottenTour, I stumbled across some remains of a long-dead trolley line on a piece of Johnson Avenue that doesn’t even show up on city maps anymore. This piece of Johnson Avenue, complete with trolley tracks, between Union Avenue and Broadway was cut off when the Lindsay Park Houses (in [...]
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
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THE ALLEYS OF OLD BROOKLYN
June 19, 1999
Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill are regarded to be the most beautiful neighborhoods in Brooklyn, though each neighborhood has its own partisans. They have dozens of landmarked 19th century brownstone buildings as well as other varieties of architecture along its narrow streets. They also have their share of blind alleys and short cobblestoned paths, which [...]
Categorized in: Alleys Neighborhoods Tagged with: Brooklyn Brooklyn Heights
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ROLL CALL OF LUMINAIRES
June 18, 1999I’ll admit it. There’s a big hole in my information on NYC lamppost manufacturers and makes, since I’ve not a clue of these designs’ actual names, nor their manufacturers. These are the luminaires that were still lurking about NYC when I first began taking note of lampposts back when I was a 4-eyed fat kid [...]
Categorized in: Street Lamps
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A WALK DOWN BROADWAY
June 17, 1999What ads did Forgotten Fans find on a five-hour journey down Brooklyn’s Broadway? What ads DIDN’T they find? A recent walk by about a dozen intrepid Forgotten Fans down Broadway (turned out to be ForgottenTour #1) plunged the participants into a thoroughly fascinating land where advertisements and relics of the past 100 years rub elbows against [...]
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RKO BUSHWICK – I’M STILL STANDING
June 14, 1999Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: Brooklyn Bushwick
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SHADY SHRADY and other Bronx lanes
June 10, 1999The Bronx is not to be outdone when it comes to obscure alleys and lanes. Some are in leaf-filled enclaves like Riverdale and others are to be found in teeming districts like Fordham. Wherever in the Bronx they are, each has its own story to tell. Shrady Place Doctor George Shrady, editor of the New [...]
Categorized in: Alleys Tagged with: Baychester Bronx City Island Eastchester Fordham Kingsbridge Heights Morris Park Morrisania Norwood Riverdale Wakefield Westchester Square
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STEP STREETS
June 6, 1999Scattered throughout New York City are streets that are composed entirely of steps, and steep ones at that. As a rule they were placed on hills that were too steep to build a road, yet in a rare concession to pedestrians, it was determined to allow them access to the streets denied to motor transportation. [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: Bay Ridge Bronx Riverdale