There used to be a time, not too long ago, when you could recognize what borough you were in by looking at the color of the street sign. This state…
Bronx
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City Island resembles a New England seaside town transplanted into the five boroughs. Since it was first settled in 1761 its lifeblood has been the sea, with shipyards, sailmakers and…
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Signs
TAKE A LIQ-IN’ AND KEEP ON TICKIN’. New York’s ancient neon liquor store signs.
by Kevin WalshThere’s no real story here. But for years, I’ve noticed that many liquor stores in the five boroughs have the same signage they must have had decades ago…whether they’re ceramic,…
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“Ok, we’re back and here it comes for ONE MILLION DOLLARS! Which former Joey Bishop sidekick, cookbook author, singer and fitness video auteur not only has the most popular show…
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When is a subway not a subway? When, of course, it’s an elevated. The elevated used to be king in Manhattan. The sun never saw lengthy stretches of Pearl Street,…
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Just as New York City’s street signs have evolved and changed over the years, so have its one-way signs, which have undergone a three-part metamorphosis in the years I have…
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Cornelius McCracken, the president of New York University, had a peach of an idea back in 1901. He would place a classical arcade on one of the highest points in…
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Rattlesnakes? In New York City? Not anymore. The last rattlesnakes in the Bronx, their last stronghold, died off around the turn of the last century because of encroaching civilization as…
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The Bronx is not to be outdone when it comes to obscure alleys and lanes. Some are in leaf-filled enclaves like Riverdale and others are to be found in teeming…
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Scattered throughout New York City are streets that are composed entirely of steps, and steep ones at that. As a rule they were placed on hills that were too steep…
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In Country Days in New York City, author Divya Summers describes this old commuter line that is now used for another purpose: The Old Putnam Railroad Track, a defunct railroad bad…
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Bargain of the Century The #2 and #5Â north from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue wasn’t always a subway. It used to be a full fledged railroad. The impressive…