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    HIGH STREET STATION

    by Kevin Walsh March 22, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh March 22, 2012 46 comments

    If you’re unfamilar with the INDependent subway, IND stations are instantly recognizable in contrast to BMT and IRT stations, which were built earlier. In fact, I’m beginning to hear from…

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  • One Shots

    SIDEWALK COMPASS

    by Kevin Walsh October 3, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh October 3, 2011 4 comments

    There are still some very old metal sidewalk compasses to be found on sidewalks around town. This one is at Hicks between Poplar and Middagh Streets at PS 8 in…

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  • Street Lamps

    LAMP BONANZA! More from the Bob Mulero archives

    by Kevin Walsh November 28, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh November 28, 2010 0 comment

    Time to delve once more into the Bob Mulero collection of lampposts. Bob and I achieved our separate lamppost obsessions separately: while both us have been enthusiastically noting the state of…

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  • Street Lamps

    Wheelies: A Look at the Last Few Wrought Iron “Wheel Motif” Stoplights in NYC

    by Kevin Walsh September 4, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh September 4, 2010 0 comment

    While walking uptown during Summer Streets 2010 I passed by two of New York City’s most picturesque relics at Park Avenue and East 46th, at the tunnel that takes the Park Avenue…

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  • AlleysNeighborhoods

    ‘Places’ Matter – Alleys in DUMBO and downtown Brooklyn

    by Kevin Walsh June 6, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh June 6, 2010 0 comment

    Sometimes, I’d rather be in Philadelphia. Or Boston. Or even Albany, Newark or Jersey City. I’ll explain. Manhattan, once you get north of 14th Street, just doesn’t have the sheer number…

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  • RoadsStreet Scenes

    FURMAN STREET, Brooklyn

    by Kevin Walsh June 30, 2008
    by Kevin Walsh June 30, 2008 1 comment

    Brooklyn’s Furman Street runs along the East River waterfront for about 3/4 mile between Atlantic Avenue and Fulton Street, but in that long stretch intersects with only a couple of…

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  • Street Scenes

    ATLANTIC AVENUE, Brooklyn

    by Kevin Walsh May 27, 2007
    by Kevin Walsh May 27, 2007 16 comments

    Atlantic Avenue runs from the Brooklyn waterfront at the East River to the Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica, Queens; along the way it separates several neighborhoods and comprises many architectural…

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  • Cobblestones

    BLUESTONE AND SLATE SIDEWALKS

    by Kevin Walsh July 13, 2002
    by Kevin Walsh July 13, 2002 0 comment

    Before poured concrete became the de rigueur material for New York City sidewalks, they boasted unique slate bluestone plates that made a distinct hollow noise when trod upon. Older parts…

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  • Street Necrology

    DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN STREET NECROLOGY (Part 2)

    by Kevin Walsh January 18, 2001
    by Kevin Walsh January 18, 2001 1 comment

    Continued from Part 1 “DOWNTOWN” BROOKLYN, FULTON FERRY, ‘DUMBO’ These three areas, on the present-day map pf Brooklyn, encompass all the territory north and east of Old Fulton Street/Cadman Plaza West,…

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  • Street Necrology

    DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN STREET NECROLOGY

    by Kevin Walsh January 18, 2001
    by Kevin Walsh January 18, 2001 0 comment

    Much of downtown Brooklyn, which for my purposes includes Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Vinegar Hill, Red Hook and part of Fort Greene, no longer exists. It used to be home to a collection of streets…

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    WALT WHITMAN and the ATLANTIC AVENUE TUNNEL

    by Kevin Walsh April 24, 2000
    by Kevin Walsh April 24, 2000 2 comments

    Unbeknownst to most, an abandoned Long Island Railroad tunnel runs for a couple of blocks below Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights. But this isn’t just any tunnel…it was abandoned for…

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  • AlleysNeighborhoods

    THE ALLEYS OF OLD BROOKLYN

    by Kevin Walsh June 19, 1999
    by Kevin Walsh June 19, 1999 2 comments

    Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill are regarded to be the most beautiful neighborhoods in Brooklyn, though each neighborhood has its own partisans. They have dozens of landmarked 19th century brownstone…

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