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I was clattering about Jersey City the other day, and turning a corner, I beheld a sight that shocked me. The smokestacks of the mighty Hudson and Manhattan Powerhouse, one…
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When I visited San Fran in 2008 I made sure to visit some of the picturesque dead ends and alleyways, of which most of the city is rife (there just…
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The loss of several hundred photos shot in 2013 because of a hard drive incident has forced me to go deep into the ForgottenArchives, and so I fished out this…
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Street signs in Philadelphia are maintained by the Traffic and Street Lighting Unit of the Philadelphia Streets Department, just as NYC’s Department of Transportation does. The predominant Philly street sign…
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His biographers say that Frank Lloyd Wright didn’t particularly care for NYC (or the East Coast for that matter), and he produced only one major work in the five boroughs:…
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Glen Campbell Road, in the northwest Philadelphia Roxborough neighborhood, isn’t named for the country music singer of “Galveston” and “Wichita Lineman” fame. It’s nested amidst a number of streets with…
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In a super-rare occurrence, a Chelsea business has rid itself of a newer sign in favor of an older one that had been hidden for years. This laundromat at 9th…
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I felt like getting out of town for awhile. Now, for some people that means a couple of weeks in Italy, or perhaps Vienna with a side trip to Macchu…
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I think humanity is alone in the universe, which for me doesn’t cause anomie, just disappointment. At age 55 I already feel cheated that half of things are over with,…
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For the most part, Manhattan and even most of the other NYC boroughs have eradicated their alleys. On an island, real estate is in short supply and there isn’t room…
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Though standard Philadelphia street signs are green on white, 4-sided and trapezoidal with room at the top of the sign for the cross street, Philly has never been as fanatical…
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In Boston, subway and surface lines are identified by color: red, blue, green and orange. Recently, an express bus system was implemented, known as the silver line. Lines can be…