DESIRING a rather quick walk that would nonetheless allow me to get my air of a weekend — as a work from homer, I am chained to my computer during…
Manhattan
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YOU cannot accuse the MTA of ignoring Canal Street. In previous eras, the IRT, BMT and IND have all constructed major stations at the east-west Manhattan route that traces the…
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I’VE written about the Excelsior Power Company building before since I have known about it for years before Forgotten New York was a twinkle in my eye. But now, in…
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A pleasant plaza is encountered at Gold and Fulton Streets, where Fulton takes a slight jog near the Seaport area. There are large rocks, pleasant vegetation, and a winding path.…
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THERE’S a tiny triangle at Gold and Frankfort Streets west of the Seaport at the Brooklyn Bridge off-ramps that remembers one of the most powerful stock brokerage and investment banking services firms in…
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My instincts are usually good. On a recent march down East 12th Street I snapped a photo of Father Mancini Corner at Avenue A. It turns out that this sign…
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THE Forgotten NY camera (a Panasonic Lumix) was focused like a laser beam on the SE corner of Avenue A and East 13th Street a few Saturdays ago when I…
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The following is an expanded version of my SpliceToday piece from February 9th, 2022 with additional text and photos. WAY back in early 2009, when I and the world were…
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I hadn’t thought of mentioning them before, but New York City streets feature states’ names. Not in concentrated blocs, like signers of the Declaration of Independence (Brooklyn), vestrymen of Trinity…
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I just discovered an incredible photo collection of street scenes in New York City from a few years either side of 1900 from a collection made available from the New-York…
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BEFORE my purists say anything, there’s nothing “Forgotten” about Broadway; it’s the street most people think of when they think of New York City, which is sort of the premise…
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THIS sort of escaped my notice as I had no idea that a new pedestrian bridge spanning the pedal-to-the-metal West Street (formerly the West Side Highway) opened during 2021; like…