As much as your webmaster has explored Staten Island over the years (I’ve probably spent the most time in Queens, followed by Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx in that…
October 2007
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CONTINUED FROM CREAKY ALLEYS PART 1 Before testing our courage and skulking around some more of lower Manhattan’s rare extant alleys, I thought we should pay tribute to a pair…
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A note from ForgottenFan Ron Bollerman: I wanted to write and thank you for your page on “Mott Haven”. It helped me to find a building that my great, great grandfather…
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AlleysNeighborhoods
CREAKY ALLEYS PART 1: A new look at lower Manhattan’s centuries-old alleys
by Kevin WalshYour webmaster recently went prowling about lower Manhattan, re-shooting the little-known laneways and alleys of the island’s underbelly. It wasn’t so much an attempt to revisit old ground–though admittedly, the…
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“There are places I remember…” As I have said before in these pages, New York City is virtually alone among East Coast cities in being “alley-poor.” Stalking the older sections of…
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Forgotten SlicesStreet Lamps
SURVIVORS. Amazingly these ancient NYC lampposts are still in place
by Kevin WalshDeadlines, deadlines…we all deal with them and your webmaster is no exception. I have plenty of photos, but not a whole lot of research prepared for today’s Slice. Fortunately, there are…
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On West 63rd Street near Central Park is what is likely NYC’s largest and most ornate YMCA you’ll ever see. It was designed by mostly unheralded architect Dwight James Baum (1886-1939),…
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I must admit…the subhead on this week’s title card is a little bit facile; after all, other neighborhoods in Brooklyn, like Midwood, East Flatbush, Flatbush, and even Brownsville can be…
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Now that it doesn’t cool off in October anymore in NYC (on October 8th, 2007, it’s 81 degrees as I write this at 10:14 PM) you have to look for other…
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FNY’s second installment of Open House NY 2007 takes your webmaster to a narrow, 3-story house on East 58th Street designed and built by Modernist architect Paul Rudolph, and a swank…
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So far September 2007 had proven much cooler than October 2007, which had seen July-like temperatures, at least until the 7th. September was perfect for a breezy walk along West…
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photo: Bridge & Tunnel Club, Port Richmond Avenue (2004) The title of this Slice was originally going to be “Drew Cary” since I originally thought this fantastic mural was on Cary Avenue.…