Tompkins Square Park, a green oasis in the East Village between East 7th and East 10th Streets and Avenues A and B, has always been an open space in this part…
March 2008
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Fiske Terrace is one of the beautiful neighborhoods south of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, that includes Caton Park, Prospect Park South, Beverley Squares East and West and Ditmas Park, with block after…
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Back in 2003 I took a stroll up 6th Avenue from Tribeca up past Macy’s — it has a lot of hidden features such as the remnants of streets swallowed up when…
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BY SERGEY KADINSKY With the exception of Forest Hills Gardens, the Rego Park Crescents, and Corona Park, most of ?Rego Park, Forest Hills, and ?Corona are divided into a rectangular…
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Bear with your webmaster for one night, as I inquire about something that many will find ultra-esoteric even for the usual Forgotten fare. I’m a little pressed for time, since I’ve…
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At the conclusion of my recent jaunt eastward on 13th Street, I finsished the march on Avenue B, the heart of the rapidly “improving” East Village. Your webmaster never experienced the…
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March 2008: Believe it or not we’re beginning to consider Forgotten NY in terms of decades. Your webmaster first conceived of FNY in 1998 and did a lot of principal photography…
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On a strange, sunflurrying day I stumbled on an odd collage on 7th Avenue just south of the avenue, on a brick wall painted with green vines. It consists of…
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Foggy Bottom, located west of the White House between E and K Streets on the north and south and the Potomac River on the west, is best known for being the…
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It’s true that they were invaders from another planet, ruthless, merciless killers who treated us the same way we treat cattle: as food stock. They were octopoid bloodsuckers in the book…
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I was at my dentist on Saturday, March 1st, 2008 for the first time in three years, and found I had chalked up 4 cavities. I mention this because some of…
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A walk down several streets of the East Village, especially St. Mark’s Place, Cooper Square, 2nd and 3rd Avenues, and east 6th and 7th Streets, and you’ll notice dozens of lampposts whose bases…