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    K STANDS FOR EHRICH

    by Kevin Walsh December 13, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh December 13, 2022 0 comment

    At 22nd and 6th Avenue in Chelsea, northwest corner, is the former Ehrich Brothers Emporium, constructed in 1889, and currently home to a Burlington Coat Factory on the ground floor.…

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  • One Shots

    HALF KING 2019, Chelsea

    by Kevin Walsh November 21, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh November 21, 2022 5 comments

    In 2019, I was wandering on the High Line with the other out of town tourists (on the High Line and Staten Island Ferry, English is a language you’ll hear…

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  • One Shots

    FREDERIC FLEMING HOUSE, Chelsea

    by Kevin Walsh August 30, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh August 30, 2022 7 comments

    THIS building at #443-445 West 22nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in Chelsea that was to become the Frederic Fleming House was originally constructed in the 1920s as a…

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  • One Shots

    1831 MEETS 2020, Chelsea

    by Kevin Walsh August 29, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh August 29, 2022 2 comments

    THE view looking north on 9th Avenue from West 20th Street in Chelsea is striking, as the glass-fronted towers of Hudson Yards, one of which contains NYC’s highest observation deck,…

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  • One Shots

    STOPLIGHT VARIATIONS, 9th Avenue

    by Kevin Walsh June 9, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh June 9, 2022 3 comments

    I think my favorite Forgotten NY posts are the ones where I get to talk specifically about NYC infrastructure, most of it managed by the Department of Transportation or Metropolitan…

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  • Walks

    8TH AVENUE, Chelsea

    by Kevin Walsh November 7, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh November 7, 2021 10 comments

    WOULD you believe…that the last time I did an extended post on 8th Avenue in Manhattan was…in 2007? It’s true. In fact quite a bit of what I showed on…

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  • Subways & Trains

    HIGH LINE 2021

    by Kevin Walsh May 2, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh May 2, 2021 18 comments

    From 1929-1934, NYC built two metal viaducts, the West Side Elevated Freight Railroad to carry train traffic, and the Miller Elevated Highway to carry automobiles; the Miller was more commonly known…

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  • One Shots

    EHRICH BUILDING, Chelsea, 1983

    by Kevin Walsh March 18, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh March 18, 2021 3 comments

    I am no stranger to the east end of Chelsea, 6th Avenue in the West 20s. This is smack in the middle of what used to be called Ladies’ Mile,…

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  • FNY CROSSTOWN

    16th STREET Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh November 30, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh November 30, 2020 7 comments

    Continued from Part 1 It’s time for another entry in FNY’s Cross Streets of NYC series!  I’ve done them piecemeal in the past, but I’ve already posted 20th Street, 21st Street, 22nd Street, 17th…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    REPOST: 6th and 24th

    by Kevin Walsh September 14, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh September 14, 2020 4 comments

    I noticed that this FNY post from January 2011 hadn’t been brought over when the site was redesigned in early 2019, so I’ll repost it here… I was lurching and…

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  • FNY CROSSTOWN

    26th STREET, Chelsea to Kips Bay

    by Kevin Walsh September 13, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh September 13, 2020 3 comments

    Programming note: I have decided to include the category banner at the top of each post, even though they introduce a moment of redundancy, since I like the design (mine)…

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    25th STREET

    by Kevin Walsh July 19, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh July 19, 2020 4 comments

    It’s time for another entry in FNY’s Cross Streets of NYC series…  I’ve done them piecemeal in the past, but I’ve already posted 20th Street, 22nd Street, 17th Street, 10th Street, 6th Street and…

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