GRAND Central Madison, the new Long Island Rail Road terminal beneath the main terminal serving Metro-North rains, opened in early 2023 after about 20 years of construction. It’s truly vast,…
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LOOKING south on Cleveland Place from Kenmare Street. Cleveland Place was renamed from Marion Street to honor President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), who had been Governor of NYS, toward the domed former NYPD…
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I still have grand dreams and ambitions. Publish a book and own my own place? Done years ago. Marriage? Make millions? Let’s not get crazy. However, it popped into my…
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No, the scene shown here is hardly Forgotten–it’s iconic and emblematic of the Village and has been seen by millions, New York natives and visitors alike. It does have its…
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TWO decades ago while meandering about in the rain down Maiden Lane in the eastern Financial District downtown in May 2003 I came across an unmarked street issuing north. I ascertained…
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I am going to make a confession. I have been listening to recorded music for a long time, from the time I was a toddler watching the wax spin on…
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IT’S one of a kind…but it used to be two of a kind. Back in 1998, I (nearly) panicked when this copper-clad, vertigris’ed lamppost at the eastbound Queensboro Bridge entrance…
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A nickname the late radio legend Don Imus gave himself many years ago because he was born with three testicles instead of the usual complement was “Tres Huevos.” I may…
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I was asked to help out a pal with a photo of the ancient Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island. I realize the last really good batch of photos I obtained…
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NEW York City’s skyline is the envy of the world, a sight tourists travel from across the globe to see. But in some places, its sidewalks are nearly as interesting,…
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ONE day, I’ll do a thorough look at the streets in northern Tribeca as I haven’t written about that area much. Unlike other parts of Tribeca and neighboring Soho, these…
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THE grand Manhattan Bridge plaza, which fronts the Bowery at Canal Street, was completed in 1916 and is the design of John M. Carrere and Thomas Hastings, who also built the New York…