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    HIDDEN HUDSON YARDS

    by Kevin Walsh April 7, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh April 7, 2019 15 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent The newest neighborhood in Manhattan is promoted as something new where nothing stood before, a blank slate atop a railyard that awaited development. The $55…

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    THE PRESIDENTS OF NEW YORK CITY

    by Kevin Walsh February 24, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh February 24, 2019 30 comments

    A short time ago I did an article for StreetEasy about six American presidents who had streets named for them in New York City. Actually, I’ve researched all 45 presidents,…

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    PROMENADE, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh January 20, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh January 20, 2019 16 comments

    Take a residential neighborhood, build a linear pedestrian park spanning several city blocks, add spectacular views across a nearby body of water, shake and stir. The recipe for overdevelopment, gentrification…

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    WALKING IN NORTH BROOKLYN

    by Kevin Walsh December 23, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh December 23, 2018 9 comments

    Something about North Brooklyn attracts me during the Christmas season. I have done surveys of both Manhattan and Graham Avenues in December. Today, I chose Humboldt Street, as I have a…

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    FLUSHING CEMETERY TOUR

    by Kevin Walsh December 9, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh December 9, 2018 1 comment

    Today I’m going to expand on a recent piece I did in SpliceToday, as I am able to get a lot more expansive here with a lot more photos, and…

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    THOMPSON STREET, SoHo-Village

    by Kevin Walsh November 25, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh November 25, 2018 2 comments

    In August I went on a “ramble” from the Canal Street A/C/E subway up through SoHo, Greenwich Village, and the East Side, getting as far as East 59th where I…

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    PROSPECT AVENUE, Windsor Terrace

    by Kevin Walsh November 4, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh November 4, 2018 37 comments

    Prospect Avenue is the spine of Windsor Terrace, running from 3rd and Hamilton Avenues southeast and south to Ocean Parkway. It’s named for nearby Prospect Park and its high hills…

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    1971 NEW YORK

    by Kevin Walsh September 30, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh September 30, 2018 26 comments

    I’ve been saying I want to do shorter pieces for the Sunday feature, and I’m putting that into practice this week. I stumbled across some photos online that were taken…

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    CORTLANDT STREET, Lower Manhattan

    by Kevin Walsh September 23, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh September 23, 2018 13 comments

    “Cortlandt” is a common name in the various NYC street directories and gazetteers, either with a “Van” or without. The street is named for the family of Oloff Stevensen Van…

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    MIXED BAG: “UNION DOCS” edition

    by Kevin Walsh August 26, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh August 26, 2018 1 comment

    I was feeling pretty good in November 2011. After an arduous process, Forgotten NY had been moved over to a WordPress platform, though the initial phase was botched by the…

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    PLACES THAT ARE GONE

    by Kevin Walsh June 24, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh June 24, 2018 14 comments

    The late great Tommy Keene had a great song called “Places that Are Gone,” about what you’d expect. Periodically I go over my stash of Forgotten New York images between…

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    EAST 45TH STREET, Turtle Bay

    by Kevin Walsh April 28, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh April 28, 2018 13 comments

    In the spring of 2018, I was working in a building from 12 midnight to 8 am I last worked in 30 years ago. The company I worked for then, Photo-Lettering,went…

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