In Manhattan, there are a pair of “mystery poles” that continue to flummox and vex me, as no satisfactory identification of their purpose seems imminent. This one can be found…
Manhattan
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I don’t have too much to say about this 5-story walkup building at #105 Broad Street, corner of Water, in the Financial District except to say it’s unusual for the…
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THE McKim, Mead and White architectural firm designed the enormous former James Farley post office, which opened in 1913, as a companion to Pennsylvania Station, just across 8th Avenue. A…
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THE shortest north-south “Avenue” in Manhattan runs for one short block between West 186th and 187th Streets one block west of Cabrini Boulevard. It could better be classified as a…
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THOUGH NYC divested itself of most of its colonial-era “royal” names after defeating the British in the Revolutionary War, there are a few that doggedly hang on, sich as Prince Street…
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UNFORTUNATELY, though I feel fine in general, I am unable to walk for any great distance without pain and discomfort (I’d rather not provide any more detail) and so, I’ll…
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MAJOR General Franz Sigel (1824-1902) overlooks Riverside Drive at West 106th Street. Sigel, born in Baden, Germany, served in the German military until 1852, when he emigrated to the US,…
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COOGAN’S Bluff is the cliff leading down to the Harlem River from Edgecombe Avenue. It used to overlook the Polo Grounds, the ballpark home of the New York Giants, and…
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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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As many Forgotten Fans know, I am a voracious map reader. I consult old maps mostly online these days, but I have dozens, perhaps a hundred or two, ancient street…
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I am sure a number of Forgotten Fans will have stories to tell about Rudy’s, a mainstay for decades in Hell’s Kitchen on 9th Avenue north of West 44th Street.…
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THE Walloons were Protestants from what is now Belgium who had fled to Holland to escape religious oppression from the Catholic majority, but also faced the same trouble in the…