The big brass bull at Bowling Green is visited daily by hordes of out of town tourists. (His counterpoint, “Fearless Girl,” has been moved over to the New York Stock…
Manhattan
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The Park Avenue Viaduct opened in two pieces from East 40th to East 46th Streets in 1919 and 1928 surrounding Grand Central Terminal and later the Metropolitan Life (formerly Pan Am)…
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March 2019 marks Forgotten New York’s 20th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, I’ve re-scanned about 150 key images from the early days of FNY from 35MM prints. In the early…
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Every so often retired MTA bus driver Gary Fonville sends me some things he’s found, having spotted them on his old bus routes or in the trains. As often as…
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I haven’t spent nearly as much time in the IRT Lexington Avenue line stations, the ones between 59th and 125th Streets, as I could have over the years. These stations…
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Somehow, when I walked the length of Prince Street in SoHo in 2012, I missed this little gem of a building at #203, just east of 6th Avenue. The building…
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I have been walking quite bit in the warrens of lower Manhattan lately, noticing what others ignore. I revisited Nassau Street in SpliceToday a short time ago, and took care…
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New York is a city that’s fairly hostile to people who just have to go. The city used to be studded with public bathrooms here and there; most early BMT…
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In March 2019 I was on my way to Canal Street to begin my first-ever walk there when I stopped off in some less-well-known SoHo enclaves to take a look.…
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The Works Progress Administration Guide to NYC is a dense, 700-page volume with tightly-spaced type in a small but readable Garamond font, with a generous use of maps, art and…
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March 2019 marks Forgotten New York’s 20th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, I’ve re-scanned about 150 key images from the early days of FNY from 35MM prints. In the early…
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143 Allen Street looks like a throwback from another time, located between Delancey and Rivington, and it ought to, since it was constructed in 1831. It’s the sole survivor of…