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Although Bishop Crook lampposts have proliferated all over town again over the past couple of decades, there was a time, between about 1962 and 1980, when they almost went extinct, except for a few survivors in downtown Manhattan. In 1980 it all changed when a flock of retro-Crooks, using the original molds (now available from [...]
Categorized in: One Shots Street Lamps Tagged with: Manhattan Turtle Bay
On the first three Saturdays in August the Department of Transportation shuts down Lafayette Street, 4th Avenue, Park Avenue South, Park Avenue and part of West 72nd Street in theSummer Streets program, designed to give New Yorkers the run of these streets without threat of auto traffic. It’s been a smashing success after its 2009 institution, [...]
Categorized in: Forgotten Slices Tagged with: Manhattan Turtle Bay
The Beekman Tower, at 1st Avenue and Mitchell Place, is one of NYC’s first, and best, examples of Art Deco architecture. It was designed by John Mead Howells, an architect who worked closely with the famed Raymond Hood, and is 28 stories of orange and tan brick and vertical striping. ABOVE: The tower in 1929. As [...]
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New York City at times perversely secretes its more picturesque parks in places where it’s nearly impossible to find them. One of them, Peter Detmold Park, reclines along the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive between East 49th and 51st Streets at the bottom of a sheer cliff and, therefore, it’s impossible to see it from street level. The [...]
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PERIODICALLY in Forgotten NY, I just decide to walk a street for its entire length. River to river, or landmark to landmark. This time, 53rd Street in Manhattan made a perfect candidate, since it encompasses several neighborhoods of varying wealth, varying architecture, and varying attitude. Some Forgotten Fans will find this page something of an [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: Hell's Kitchen Manhattan Midtown Turtle Bay
Nestled in prosperous Murray Hill on East 36th Street between 3rd and Lexington is one of the few alleys of the midtown area. Sniffen Court was constructed between 1850 and 1860 and consists of ten handsome brick carriage houses protected behind a locked iron gate. The carriage houses were built by architect John Sniffen and [...]
Categorized in: Alleys Tagged with: Cooper Square Hell’s Kitchen Kips Bay Manhattan Murray Hill Times Square Turtle Bay Upper East Side
