By GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY correspondent Over the years, throughout the NYC subway system, there have been many instances of the perceived or actual need to close subway entrances/exits. In…
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Strangely enough, though I have touched on Greenwich Street often (it runs from Battery Park up the West Side all the way through Tribeca and Greenwich Village into the Meatpacking…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent Befitting of its status as a world-class city, New York has received plenty of exotic street furniture over the decades: an ancient Egyptian obelisk, A Roman…
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This scene depicts Dey Street looking toward Broadway about the year 1979 or 1980. The “Train to the Plane” logo is a giveaway because that so-called super express service from…
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A frequently seen accessory on NYC lampposts in the Fab 50s and on into the Swinging 60s were large, bulky air raid sirens during the height of the Cold War…
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I have spent some time in lower Manhattan of late — I gave a ForgottenTour in Battery Park in July 2017 — and always seem to find myself on lower…
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At a width of just 25 feet total, Exchange Alley is the thinnest street in Manhattan that is open to vehicular traffic. It runs one block between Broadway and Trinity…
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For a fairly large fellow, Abraham DePeyster (1657-1728) has moved about quite a bit. George Bissell’s seated portrait of the Dutch Colonial 17th-Century New Amsterdam mayor was first installed in Bowling Green…
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Continued from Part 1 In May 2016 I decided to walk up Pearl Street’s entire length from Battery Park to Tribeca. It’s an oddly positioned street, as far as downtown…
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In May 2016 I decided to walk up Pearl Street’s entire length from Battery Park to Tribeca. It’s an oddly positioned street, as far as downtown goes, first running northeast,…
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The Downtown Alliance, a business improvement district representing lower Manhattan including the Financial District, first unveiled a set of black and white street signs back in 2000, most of which…
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The New York City of the years following the Civil War was a time of great population growth, as immigrants from around the globe flocked here for new opportunities. In…