Pad thai is a generic term for a popular food in Thailand consisting of stir-fried rice noodles, egg, bean sprouts, shrimp, peanuts, and seasonings; the name comes from the Thai…
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Here’s a uniquely designed stanchion marking the entrance to the various IND and BMT trains available at this location, in front of 111 8th Avenue between West 15th and 16th…
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Continuing my Manhattan cross streets series. I’ve done them piecemeal in the past, but I’ve already posted 20th Street and 22nd Street in March with more to follow. Today’s entry:…
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Before the Great Infection, I spent a number of Saturdays (and some Sundays too) crisscrossing Manhattan via its numbered streets. Over the years, I’ve done this quite a few times…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent With the Coronavirus compelling New Yorkers into a springtime quarantine, my hometown borough has two small parks with “Health” in their names. Their locations take…
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Before the Great Infection, I spent a number of Saturdays (and some Sundays too) crisscrossing Manhattan via its numbered streets. Over the years, I’ve done this quite a few times…
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A tavern serving Greek-American delicacies called Death Avenue has held down the northwest corner of 10th Avenue and West 28th Street since 2017. This seems like a fatalistic name for…
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On 6th Avenue looking north at West 14th Street, a changing of the lamppost guard is imminent. A brand new set of aluminum octagonal-shafted poles have just been installed, sporting…
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Pier 57 is a handsome steel and masonry structure at 10th Avenue and West 15th Street, constructed from 1950-54 as a headhouse for shipping lines. The structure is supported on…
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An unusual situation exists on a couple of street corners in Chelsea, where the Department of Transportation has allowed a pair of lampposts to illuminate 9th Avenue where one post…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On July 25, 2019 the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea received its first new park in 40 years, with the opening of the .23-acre midblock green…
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It’s amazing how you can work in an area for years and never notice something interesting in architecture or infrastructure. That’s the case here at 130 West 30th Street between…