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Kevin Walsh

Kevin Walsh

My name is Kevin Walsh. After a 35-year residency in Bay Ridge, where I witnessed the construction of the Verrazano Bridge as a kid (below) I moved to Queens to be closer to my job as a copywriter/graphic designer at a well-known direct marketer in Long Island and then a compositor at the Queens Times Ledger. I had been noticing ancient advertising and street furniture for years, but it wasn't till I moved to Flushing and saw the ancient remaining Victorian and older buildings that stand among the cookie cutter brick apartments that I put two and two together and noticed there was no one out there who was really calling attention to the artifacts of a long-gone New York. Forgotten NY was named one of Forbes' Best City Blogs sites, and in good company: Gothamist and Newyorkology. FNY has been profiled in all of NYC's daily newspapers, and has been mentioned by name in columns by the New York Times' Christopher Gray and David Dunlap and by the New York Sun's Francis Morrone. It has twice been named to the Village Voice's Best of NYC list, most recently in 2006. It has also been cited by PC Magazine's Top 99 "Undiscovered" websites. Forgotten NY is always in great debt to its contributors, especially Forgotten NY correspondent Christina Wilkinson, retired NYC bus driver Gary Fonville, Mike Olshan, Jean Siegel and many other Forgotten regulars. See my Forgotten Fans page for just a few. FNY averages between 1500-2000 unique vistors daily, and 4000-5000 daily visits overall.

  • One Shots

    MACK DADDY, Coney Island

    by Kevin Walsh January 25, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 25, 2023 9 comments

    LIKE most Brooklyn parents, mine accompanied me to Coney Island on numerous Sundays when I was a kid; I seem to remember getting a string of tickets that would let…

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  • Ads

    AUTOMAT, Midtown

    by Kevin Walsh January 24, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 24, 2023 12 comments

    I have pointed out this particular painted ad for the long-lost Automat before, but it’s been awhile. While walking down 7th Avenue all these years ago, I happened to look up…

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  • SignsSubways & Trains

    SUBWAY SUN

    by Kevin Walsh January 23, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 23, 2023 6 comments

    AMELIA Opdyke “Oppy” Jones was a cartoonist who drew a slew of subway posters that gently and humorously called attention to the shortcomings of subway riders in the manners department.…

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  • Walks

    THE NUMBER IS NINE, Hell’s Kitchen

    by Kevin Walsh January 22, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 22, 2023 15 comments

    In early June 2022 the weather cooperated absolutely fully for me to do a lengthy walk from Penn Station all the way to Columbia University, mainly along 9th and Columbus…

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  • Signs

    ARROW PARTS, West Farms

    by Kevin Walsh January 21, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 21, 2023 2 comments

    As a rule, painted signs that have been around for several years mark businesses that have long since departed, but in today’s case we have two painted signs close to…

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  • One Shots

    RAINEY PARK, Longwood

    by Kevin Walsh January 20, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 20, 2023 6 comments

    ODDLY enough, both The Bronx and Queens have Rainey Parks, named for two separate Raineys. The Bronx Rainey Park, pictured here, is by far the newer one as it was…

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  • One Shots

    ST. ANSELM, Melrose

    by Kevin Walsh January 19, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 19, 2023 2 comments

    As a kid, I was a parishioner at St. Anselm Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, named for an 11th-Century bishop originally from Burgundy in what is now Italy, but immigrated…

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  • One Shots

    MYSTERY POLE, Washington Heights

    by Kevin Walsh January 18, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 18, 2023 10 comments

    In Manhattan, there are a pair of “mystery poles” that continue to flummox and vex me, as no satisfactory identification of their purpose seems imminent. This one can be found…

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  • Street Lamps

    EVOLUTION OF A LAMP

    by Kevin Walsh January 17, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 17, 2023 12 comments

    BROOKLYN Heights can boast a number of dead end alleys, which are rare in New York City. In Brooklyn Heights, these alleys owe their continued existence to Henry Ford, the…

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  • One Shots

    BROAD AND WATER

    by Kevin Walsh January 16, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 16, 2023 6 comments

    I don’t have too much to say about this 5-story walkup building at #105 Broad Street, corner of Water, in the Financial District except to say it’s unusual for the…

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  • Signs

    HOT BAGELS, Bay Ridge

    by Kevin Walsh January 15, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 15, 2023 11 comments

    WHEN The Retrologist‘s Rolando Pujol posted this photo of a shop called “Hot Bagels” I recognized it immediately, as I had passed it for many years while slouching down 86th…

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  • Street Lamps

    LAST NYC SLECO, CANARSIE

    by Kevin Walsh January 13, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 13, 2023 4 comments

    THIS ancient warrior has survived this long In Canarsie, so I don’t think I’m putting it in danger by featuring it here. Located on obscure Nolan’s Lane off East 96th…

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