PHOTOS BY GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY correspondent It’s the most natural thing in the world. We all have to go sometime. NYC, though, would pretty much not acknowledge that fact. While…

Hundreds of statues dot the Manhattan landscape, and indeed, in all five boroughs. All but a handful represent idyllic, mythic or allegorical figures, or decorative designs. In the distinct minority are…

When your webmaster lived in Bay Ridge, before 1993, I would often wander Prospect Park’s paths and would delightfully discover its massive arches and small wooden bridges, and spans seemingly…

Part 2: Reservoir North CONTINUED FROM PART 1 In Part Two, we’ll have a look at the arches and bridges from the Reservoir on north. Most arches are concentrated in…

Hart Crane never wrote poems about it, Sonny Rollins practiced sax on the Williamsburg, not the Manhattan, and Steve Brodie never jumped off of it. The Manhattan Bridge has always stood in the shadow of…

A few years ago, a Clint character, Robert Kincaid, wandered Madison County, Iowa for National Geographic, shooting rustic bridges for a feature article, and met lonely housewife Meryl Streep in the…

On September 16, 1920, person or persons unknown exploded a bomb in front of 23 Wall Street, then as now the offices of J.P. Morgan Inc., causing 400 injuries, some…

Wing frieze adorned the overhead exterior facade of the West Side Highway. Beginning in 1931, NYC’s engineer general, Robert Moses, ushered in the era of elevated expressways with the innovative and, for…

PART ONE: WALL STREET / CITY HALL / LOWER EAST SIDE Hundreds of statues dot the Manhattan landscape, and indeed, in all five boroughs. All but a handful represent idyllic,…

In 2000, Mr. Trump, The Donald himself, opened up a stretch of Riverside Park between 59th and 74th Street, alongside a recent development of his where the old West Side Rail…

On the northern edge of Central Park, near Warrior’s Gate at Powell Blvd. (7th Avenue) the hills are steep, and rough hewn staircases ascend as high as a two or three…

And now we come to one of the true hidden marvels of New York City, an ‘enchanted village’ a vision of one man’s mind. It’s located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the borough’s northernmost…