By CHRISTINA WILKINSON A REMOTEĀ area in western Queens, filled with woods, swamps and freshwater pools, the town of Fresh Ponds was part of the land chartered by the Dutch West…
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March 2005
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PERIODICALLY in Forgotten NY, I just decide to walk a street for its entire length. River to river, or landmark to landmark. This time, 53rd Street in Manhattan made a…
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I have no past. No wild youth to be ashamed about now. When I was young, though, I was frequently drunk. I was drunk, but I was never a drunk; I never came…
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EEKERS of solitude, abandonment and subtle disquiet will find a banquet of opportunity in mid-Staten Island. Here lie the slowly rotting wards of old Seaview Hospital, the former property…