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Comment on ASTORIA’S ABANDONED HOMES by KevinJWalsh

KevinJWalsh — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:13:25 +0000

I remember it in Laurel Hill, and I remember when they used their 1916 hand drawn NYC map.

Comment on SUNSET PARK to BOROUGH PARK by Heartland

Heartland — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:33:12 +0000

“liter”,” huor” : Brooklyn literacy, not so good. The car parked in front of that sign of iliteracy? Hard to say as the photo lacks detail. All one can say is that it’s blue with a red stripe. I hope the owner can read road signs better than he can spell. And no I’m not being insensitive to dyslectics. As for the image presented on the brick, it looks like a generic image of any runabout built between the brass era & the ’20′s (which was aproximately the life span of the Model T Ford, 1908 -27). As my geometry teacher used to say: They’re similar but not identical.

Comment on 181st STREET by Bill Fleming

Bill Fleming — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:21:34 +0000

Worked up there as a Police Officer in 1984, hasn’t changed much. Once had to take junkie off W 181 St who thaught he was sniffing cocaine that was falling from the Sky (It was snowing). I and my partner was sitting up the Block watching this idiot. I beeped the Siren. The idiot looked up, lost his balance, and fell down and broke his arm. We took him to Columbia Pres and laughed all the way back to the Stationhouse

Comment on ASTORIA’S ABANDONED HOMES by Joshua Davidowitz

Joshua Davidowitz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:15:04 +0000

I used to work around the corner from there when Hagstrom Map was at it’s last native NY location (City View Plaza), before being sold to Kappa Publishing Group outside of Philly.

Comment on MIDWOOD, Brooklyn by Tommy Brill

Tommy Brill — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:55:40 +0000

I had a friend whose father was a retired cop, and he worked security at that Dime branch in the mid-70s. If I’m not mistaken, they filmed scenes for “Dog Day Afternoon” there. At least that’s what I remember him saying so long ago. Love the site!

Comment on SUNSET PARK to BOROUGH PARK by r185

r185 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:48:25 +0000

450 67th St was purchased by “St Matthew’s Churches” of Tulsa OK. According to wikipedia it’s a bit questionable if it’s a “real” church or an evangelical mail-order operation that needs a couple of physical locations for tax purposes.

Comment on FORGOTTENTOUR 50 by Ghost of the Miller Highway (on the FDR Drive) | infrastructure

Ghost of the Miller Highway (on the FDR Drive) | infrastructure — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:45:06 +0000

[...] since Forgotten NY‘s Forgotten Tour 50 (blog entry coming soon), I’d been a bit obsessed with the now-demolished Miller Highway. [...]

Comment on SUNSET PARK to BOROUGH PARK by KevinJWalsh

KevinJWalsh — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:12:23 +0000

I think it was a proposed vehicular tunnel…

Comment on MARBLE HILL by Mainland Manhattan » Twelve Mile Circle » maps, geography, travel

Mainland Manhattan » Twelve Mile Circle » maps, geography, travel — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:32:47 +0000

[...] barely scratch the surface. If you would like to know more I’d recommend the Marble Hill page on the Forgotten New York site. Great site, by the way. You’d do well to bookmark [...]

Comment on HUMBLE BEGINNING by Tal Barzilai

Tal Barzilai — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:03:52 +0000

If you actually read everything, you would have known that this was Jersey City, and not everything here Kevin does is just in NYC only.