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    DIVISION STREET LOWER EAST SIDE

    by Kevin Walsh January 1, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh January 1, 2025 3 comments

    In 2009, Forgotten New York walked Division Street, one of Manhattan’s most unremarked-on thoroughfares. It hasn’t gotten much respect over the centuries and decades, either — it’s reduced to less…

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    HAPPENINGS 25 YEARS’ TIME AGO

    by Kevin Walsh December 29, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 29, 2024 4 comments

    LIKE the hands on a clock, or the sun and moon in the sky, New York is under constant movement not always apparent to the naked eye. In the nearly…

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    ELDRIDGE MOVIE SET

    by Kevin Walsh December 28, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 28, 2024 4 comments

    What we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time, as Sergey visits a movie set starring the hottest name in the business in December 2024,…

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  • Signs

    CHARLES RUEGGER, 6TH AVENUE

    by Kevin Walsh December 27, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 27, 2024 1 comment

    THE influence of Charles R. Ruegger can be found on 6th Avenue between West 20th and 21st Streets decades after his brief dominance. That’s what happens when you install quality…

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  • Alleys

    SNIFFEN COURT

    by Kevin Walsh December 26, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 26, 2024 5 comments

    YOU always want what you cannot have. NYC is very short on mewses and small dead ends lined by picturesque dwellings. I’d settle for a key to get in and…

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    GIMBELS PASSAGE SIGN

    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2024 12 comments

    WHERE can this tiled sign pointing the way to Pennsylvania Station, the 7th Avenue Subway and the “Statler Hilton” be found? It’s in an 800-foot long pedestrian corridor beneath West…

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  • Alleys

    JONES ALLEY 2024

    by Kevin Walsh December 10, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 10, 2024 1 comment

    I have mentioned Jones Alley on NoHo a number of times over the years. I have a fascination with it because it’s fenced off on both ends and I can’t…

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  • One Shots

    NYC PORTAL SPRING 2024

    by Kevin Walsh December 5, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 5, 2024 0 comment

    SINCE I have never been to Dublin, Ireland, and have only seen it by surfing on Google Street View, I thought I would head over to Madison Square in June…

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  • Signs

    HIGH SIGNS, MIDTOWN SOUTH

    by Kevin Walsh December 4, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 4, 2024 1 comment

    In a 1940s Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny cartoon, a mad scientist infuses carrots with super juice, turning Bugs into “Super Rabbit.” In one of the gags, Bugs is in flight…

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  • One Shots

    CABLE-STAYED AT THE ROCK

    by Kevin Walsh November 29, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh November 29, 2024 3 comments

    ROCKEFELLER University’s pedestrian cable-stayed bridge, designed by Weidlinger Associates, connects the university’s south campus and residence halls, spanning busy East 63rd Street, which here is an on and off ramp…

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    BEDFORD STREET 2024

    by Kevin Walsh November 24, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh November 24, 2024 3 comments

    In October I took advantage of the preternaturally balmy and clear weather (Central Park recorded .01″ of rain the entire month) and walked through Chelsea and The West Village, catching…

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    TOURO TIMES SQUARE

    by Kevin Walsh November 17, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh November 17, 2024 4 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent In Manhattan, open space is nearly nonexistent, with the sky as its frontier for growth. Universities on this island with vertical campuses include CUNY’s Baruch…

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