In 2000, Mr. Trump, The Donald himself, opened up a stretch of Riverside Park between 59th and 74th Street, alongside a recent development of his where the old West Side Rail…
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March 2001
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They used to light an underpass that brought traffic from Adam Clayton Powell Blvd (formerly 7th Avenue) under the Harlem River Drive. They’re a New York City lamppost with no…
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Woody Guthrie had it wrong. What’s that? Folk music devotees and labor union activists would say that Woody Guthrie hardly got anything wrong. But, in his most famous song, “This…
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On the northern edge of Central Park, near Warrior’s Gate at Powell Blvd. (7th Avenue) the hills are steep, and rough hewn staircases ascend as high as a two or three…
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The Bronx is the only mainland borough in New York City, and in the golden age of railroads it had plenty of freight and passenger routes that served upstate New…