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The dominoes fall. Fourth Avenue has stubbornly resisted the mocha latte and stroller crowd as avenue after avenue in Park Slope, the venerable neighborhood punctuated by meticulously maintained row houses and Beaux Arts buildings, has gentrified. Seventh Avenue succumbed to the Richie Riches in the late 70s and early 80s; it took a few years, [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: Brooklyn Park Slope
A slice of history form the 1940s was revealed on 8th Avenue and 43rd Street in Hell’s Kitchen in late November when the old facade of the Dixon Cafeteria was revealed. A jeans store had occupied this space previously, and it was being converted to the new 8th Avenue Pavilion. As David Dunlap put it [...]
The title is a little misleading; I’m here to praise Port Richmond, not to eulogize it. It’s just that rapid change seems to be coming to this former ferry and commuter town on Staten Island’s north shore and most of it isn’t good, if you like finely detailed, meticulously crafted architectural highlights. I discovered Port Richmond…briefly…as [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Port Richmond Staten Island
I have been promising my Bronx Forgotten Fans some new material, and the fulfillment starts now. In fall 2006 I walked through Norwood, a triangle-shaped Bronx neighborhood defined by Woodlawn Cemetery on the north, the New York Botanical Garden on the east, and Mosholu Parkway on the south; Reservoir Oval, delineating a former Williamsbridge Reservoir, approximately [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Bronx Norwood
Your webmaster had the day to himself after making anappearance on the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC Radio (to promote the new Forgottenbook) on a sparkling Monday in October, and had to make a decision about what to do. I was thinking of walking the Brooklyn Bridge, but that would have gotten me to the Brooklyn Heights-Dumbo [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: Brooklyn Bushwick
CONTINUED FROM WHERE THE STREET HAD NO NAME, PART 1 WAYFARING MAP: FROM DYKER BEACH TO BATH BEACH (open map in a separate window so you can follow my route) Where the Street Had No Name For decades, I’ve been fascinated with the broad, 4-lane route that connects 7th Avenue at Poly Place and Cropsey Avenue at [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Bath Beach Brooklyn Dyker Heights
I am sure Forgotten aficionados have noticed that my trips back to “the old country”, i.e. my former neighborhood, Bay Ridge, tend to be nostalgic. I make no apologies. I am an enthusiastic nostalgist: while I sometimes cannot remember what I had for lunch yesterday, I remember who was with me on certain days 20 years [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Bath Beach Brooklyn Dyker Heights
