IT’S been two decades since I first walked 6th Avenue for FNY, and things have changed along the avenue in the center of Manhattan (in “The Ferrari in the Bedroom,”…
Chelsea
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THREE of the four corners at the busy intersection of 6th Avenue and West 14th Street have seen building teardowns in recent years, with the latest one coming n the…
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At 22nd and 6th Avenue in Chelsea, northwest corner, is the former Ehrich Brothers Emporium, constructed in 1889, and currently home to a Burlington Coat Factory on the ground floor.…
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In 2019, I was wandering on the High Line with the other out of town tourists (on the High Line and Staten Island Ferry, English is a language you’ll hear…
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THIS building at #443-445 West 22nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in Chelsea that was to become the Frederic Fleming House was originally constructed in the 1920s as a…
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THE view looking north on 9th Avenue from West 20th Street in Chelsea is striking, as the glass-fronted towers of Hudson Yards, one of which contains NYC’s highest observation deck,…
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I think my favorite Forgotten NY posts are the ones where I get to talk specifically about NYC infrastructure, most of it managed by the Department of Transportation or Metropolitan…
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WOULD you believe…that the last time I did an extended post on 8th Avenue in Manhattan was…in 2007? It’s true. In fact quite a bit of what I showed on…
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From 1929-1934, NYC built two metal viaducts, the West Side Elevated Freight Railroad to carry train traffic, and the Miller Elevated Highway to carry automobiles; the Miller was more commonly known…
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I am no stranger to the east end of Chelsea, 6th Avenue in the West 20s. This is smack in the middle of what used to be called Ladies’ Mile,…
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Continued from Part 1 It’s time for another entry in FNY’s Cross Streets of NYC series! I’ve done them piecemeal in the past, but I’ve already posted 20th Street, 21st Street, 22nd Street, 17th…
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I noticed that this FNY post from January 2011 hadn’t been brought over when the site was redesigned in early 2019, so I’ll repost it here… I was lurching and…