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    HUGH O’NEILL’S, LADIES MILE

    by Kevin Walsh June 26, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh June 26, 2024 3 comments

    WHO is Hugh O’Neill, and why is his name on this building high above Sixth Avenue and 22nd Street? Back in the good old days, circa 1900, Hugh O’Neill owned the…

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    WEST 18th STREET CROOK, 1981

    by Kevin Walsh January 12, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh January 12, 2015 4 comments

    photo: Bob Mulero What do I remember about my 6-month stint in 1981 at Lexigraphics, a textbook company at 150 5th Avenue, my first full time job out of school?…

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    666 6th AVENUE

    by Kevin Walsh March 15, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh March 15, 2012 19 comments

    6th Avenue between West 17th and 23rd Streets is known as the Ladies’ Mile, after the gigantic emporiums such as the Siegel-Cooper Building (now home to Bed, Bath and Beyond)…

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