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    PIANO SIGNS, Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2013 3 comments

    A few years ago I found this pair of signs on Sutphin and Archer, a block south of the LIRR Jamaica station. I haven’t walked south on Sutphin Boulevard (perhaps…

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  • CemeteriesOne Shots

    PROSPECT CEMETERY 2004

    by Kevin Walsh August 15, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh August 15, 2013 5 comments

    FNY has been a friend of Prospect Cemetery and its caretaker Cate Ludlam since the Dawn of Forgottening in 1998. This is a photo from FNY’s April 2004 Prospect Cemetery/King…

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  • Street Lamps

    DEMISE OF JAMAICA’S LAMP/STOPLIGHT COMBOS

    by Kevin Walsh February 3, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh February 3, 2013 12 comments

    It’s not surprising, to me at least, that while the Brutalist, unadorned lamppost designs of the 1970s and 1980s are increasingly falling out of favor, their more ornate, scrolled cast…

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  • One ShotsStreet LampsSubways & Trains

    AFTER THE EL HAS GONE

    by Kevin Walsh October 17, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh October 17, 2012 23 comments

    Jamaica Avenue in 1977 during demolition of the Jamaica El. The train was rerouted in a subway under Archer Avenue in 1988; in true MTA fashion, the replacement line arrived…

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  • CemeteriesOne Shots

    ABE LINCOLN’S FAVORITE ACTOR

    by Kevin Walsh April 28, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh April 28, 2012 7 comments

    James H. HackettĀ (1800-1871), whom Abraham Lincoln called his favorite actor, reposes at Prospect Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens, under a fallen monument. The Prospect Cemetery Association hopes to restore it soon.…

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  • Tours

    TOUR 51: PROSPECT CEMETERY and KING MANOR

    by Kevin Walsh April 25, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh April 25, 2012 6 comments

    Forgotten New York’s first tour of the 2012 season was April 12th in Jamaica, Queens, at Prospect Cemetery (159th Street between Archer and Liberty Avenues) and King Manor (Jamaica Avenue…

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  • One Shots

    KING MANOR — FORGOTTENTOUR 51

    by Kevin Walsh April 20, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh April 20, 2012 2 comments

    ForgottenTour 51 team photo, at King Manor in Jamaica, Saturday, April 14. The tour also visited nearby Prospect Cemetery. Recap on the way soon. Meanwhile, ForgottenTour 52, Battery Park and…

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  • AdsOne Shots

    CASTRO CONVERTIBLES

    by Kevin Walsh March 11, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh March 11, 2012 17 comments

    From Grace Church Cemetery, Jamaica Avenue near Parsons. Ok…let’s all sing along on the Daaaaaaan Ingram Show… That’s my favorite all time radio jingle. Kars 4 Kids? Bah.

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  • One Shots

    MAKING IT CLEAR

    by Kevin Walsh February 6, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh February 6, 2012 14 comments

    There’s no mistake about where you are on Jamaica Avenue.

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  • Walks

    JAMAICA AVENUE, Queens

    by Kevin Walsh June 6, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh June 6, 2011 161 comments

    After having previously walked Jamaica Avenue from its beginnings in Brooklyn out to Lefferts Boulevard and then along its easternmost stretch (now known as Jericho Turnpike at the insistence of the…

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  • Cobblestones

    JAMAICAN RED-UX

    by Kevin Walsh August 15, 2008
    by Kevin Walsh August 15, 2008 0 comment

    It was way backĀ in the pre-Forgotten New York era — about 1994 or 1995 — (I know that’s ancient history now that your webmaster is becoming ancient) — when I…

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  • Forgotten SlicesSigns

    SIGNS OF JAMAICA

    by Kevin Walsh August 13, 2008
    by Kevin Walsh August 13, 2008 2 comments

    I was staggering aroundĀ the Briarwood-Jamaica border a few weeks ago (in July 2008) ignoring the drizzle and humidity and getting images for a possible Briarwood page and picking up possible…

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