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In my NYC travels, I am occasionally drawn to untrammeled, ruined places that are awaiting renovation or demolition; only when witnessing such desolation, it seems, can I truly appreciate the revitalization that is otherwise going on in the city in this post-9/11 era (and who knows how long before we’ll be talking about another day [...]
Categorized in: You'd Never Believe You're in NYC Tagged with: Rossville Staten Island
March 21st, 2004: About thirty Forgotten Fans met in (extremely) windy Jamaica, Queens and toured a 4-acre, 350-year old cemetery and an over 250-year old mansion in the geographic center of Queens. Cate Ludlam, president of the Prospect Cemetery Association, shows off a hand-lettered tombstone from 1728. Cate has been involved with the cemetery, in which is interred [...]
Categorized in: Cemeteries Neighborhoods Tours Tagged with: Jamaica Queens
R4 car from MTA’s Transit Museum at Prospect Park LUDDISM isn’t Forgotten-NY’s thing. We don’t indulge in nostalgia because, when it comes down to it, the past sucks, in many ways. No air conditioning, no vaccines, Jim Crow laws and women covering up down to their ankles at the beach. No, we don’t want to [...]
Categorized in: Subways & Trains Tagged with: BMT Brooklyn Franklin Shuttle IRT Manhattan Miss Subways vintage cars
