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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten New York correspondent SINCE the turn of the millennium, the city’s bridges have been subject to road diets, in which space was dedicated for bikes and pedestrians,…
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As I was hanging around Trinity Cemetery in summer 2022, I happened upon the gravestone of Sidney Breese. The ornate inscription on the stone reads: Sidney Breese June 9, 1767Made…
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RECENTLY, my pal from my Macy’s era Tim Skoldberg pointed out that the universal peace symbol formed in bricks at the East 10th Street entrance of St. Mark’s Church at…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On a recent walk on 12th Street, a block from the world’s largest used bookshop, I passed by a scaffolding-clad public school building dating to…