NEW York’s first water system was built between 1837 and 1842. Prior to those years, water was obtained from cisterns, wells and barrels from rain. Construction began in 1837 on a series…
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LONG before the cluster of glass towers arose at Hudson Yards, Javits Center was the pioneer on the wild west side of Midtown Manhattan. It is not the biggest convention…
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BY DAVID MELTZERForgotten New York guest post THERE are three parks in the southeast Bronx – Soundview Park, Pugsley Creek Park, and Ferry Point Park. But if you exit the…
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This ad for Norge Appliances, seen on Main Street north of Craig Avenue in Tottenville, probably dates to the 1950s and was likely illuminated at some point. (Norge is what…
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In the complicated Greenwich Village street layout, Jones Street, along with Cornelia, is a one-block street between West 4th and Bleecker west of 6th Avenue. It was named for Dr.…
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I have a whole batch of Tottenville photos fired off in October 2025 I have not used yet. I have been there often over the years; I remember a bus…
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AFTER having the list of city parks named after Irish-Americans deleted on Wikipedia for stupid reasons, I brought it back to life on this website. Following on that example, here…
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I was unsteadily rambling north on West 8th Street in Gravesend in November 2025 when, south of Kings Highway, I noticed some attached houses that were a “cut above” the…
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THERE are over a dozen streets in NYC named “Mill,” and I have always been interested in them because they point to waterside mills, most of which were torn down…
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ABOUT a year ago, I wandered over to the High Line extension above 10th Avenue and West 30th Street, and then continued south on 10th Avenue to document the High…
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HERE’S the DeVinne Press Building, 393-399 Lafayette on the NE corner of East 4th. When researching the building, from my Photo-Lettering type days I remembered the Bodoni-esque DeVinne type font. Theodore…
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WAY back in 2013 I walked Elizabeth Street, Manhattan in its entirety, from Bayard Street in Chinatown north to Bleecker. That’s still my definitive page on the street, but in…