BEFORE heading off to see the recently reopened section of East River Park (on an upcoming FNY post) I decided to check out Rutgers Street, because I had never walked…
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RECENTLY, Forgotten New York took a look at three separate street in downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO named Fleet, for an early landowner, Samuel Fleet. I’m not done with lost streets…
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As Forgotten New York readers know I have an enthusiasm for short streets and alleys, of which New York simply does not have enough, compared to cities such as Philly…
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In October I took advantage of the preternaturally balmy and clear weather (Central Park recorded .01″ of rain the entire month) and walked through Chelsea and The West Village, catching…
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Continued from Part One WITH this page, I am proposing/inaugurating a new Forgotten NY series, Greatest Hits, that will be appearing periodically, much like the series began earlier in 2024, One…
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WITH this page, I am proposing/inaugurating a new Forgotten NY series, Greatest Hits, that will be appearing periodically, much like the series began earlier in 2024, One and Done, concerning…
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WELL, you don’t see too many of these any more. I’d estimate there are approximately 25 or 30 at the most of these curved-mast octagonal shaft lampposts around town, with…
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Continued from Part 1 PLENTY of people say never look back, only look forward. I have never heeded that advice. I’m always replaying events, both good and bad; I remember…
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PLENTY of people say never look back, only look forward. I have never heeded that advice. I’m always replaying events, both good and bad; I remember slights from decades ago.…
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FORGOTTEN New York hasn’t featured a great deal of interior spaces. I would like to do more, but whenever I’m indoors and start pointing a camera, someone wearing a badge,…
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Here is a second entry in The Forgotten NY Overlooked Series, in which I revive old pages that somehow were not converted when FNY changed layouts and hosting services in…
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WHEN looking for appropriate material for Memorial Day weekend my thoughts turned to Myrtle Avenue, a lengthy street that is about equal parts in Brooklyn and Queens, and I remembered…