You’ll find a lot of books on the shelves, especially during the holiday season, that have dozens of old-time postcards of New York’s most famous landmarks…the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, and all the rest. Between about 1900 and 1950, hundreds of thousands of postcards depicting painted versions, as well as [...]
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
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POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE OF TOWN
December 22, 2000Categorized in: Street Scenes Subways & Trains Tagged with: Bath Beach Bay Ridge Borough Park Brooklyn Downtown Brooklyn East New York Inwood Manhattan Ozone Park Queens South Beach Staten Island
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EXILE ON MAIN STREET, NYC
December 16, 2000Broadway. Wall Street. Fifth Avenue. 42nd Street. Mention these streets and only one city comes immediately to mind: The one abbreviated in the title of this website. But in small town USA, including most New York City suburbs, most town centers sprung up around a street called Main. Well, New York City has Main Streets [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island
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MANHOLE AND COAL CHUTE COVERS
December 8, 2000There’s a hidden city beneath the city. Sewers, electrical wiring, water mains, traffic and train tunnels all pulse and vibrate under your feet as you walk the five boroughs. Other than steam-belching vents, manhole and coal chute covers are the only visible reminder of this underground subcity. If you walk past them without noticing, you’ll [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: Manhattan manholes