It was a gorgeous day when I did a reconnaissance walk for a since-completed Forgotten NY tour of Uptown Trinity Cemetery. So much so that when I was finished, I…
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At the end of yet another ForgottenTour some of the faithful and I were making our way to the traditional diner stop (in this case, the Coral, at Broadway and West 158th)…
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Continued from Part 2 Time for another entry in Puzzlements, Forgotten New York’s examination of noncontextual street names, especially named streets smack in the middle of areas featuring numbered or lettered…
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This scene depicts Dey Street looking toward Broadway about the year 1979 or 1980. The “Train to the Plane” logo is a giveaway because that so-called super express service from…
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Wendell Willkie is one of those historical figures honored in and around Bryant Park that like William Earl Dodge and Gertrude Stein, may not be immediately recognizable to the everyday public,…
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One of Union Square’s statues and memorials that might het overlooked because it is somewhat secreted behind the Farmers Market (when the vendors are there) on Union Square West between…
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FNY’s tour of Turtle Bay, October 16, 2016, was held back a week because of pouring rain a week earlier on October 9, and the crowd was a bit small,…
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FNY hadn’t toured Roosevelt Island since way back in November 2005. That was a 5 hour extravaganza covering the entire island, and since your webmaster was 11 years older, decided…
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FNY had a brand new tour on July 10, 2016 concentrating on Northern Central Park, including Harlem Meer, seen above. It looks quite natural today but Harlem Meer, named for a Dutch…
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A frequently seen accessory on NYC lampposts in the Fab 50s and on into the Swinging 60s were large, bulky air raid sirens during the height of the Cold War…
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Edward M. Morgan Place is one of the busiest one-block streets in Manhattan, running northwest from Broadway and West 157th Street one block to West 158th Street, where its route…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent In the history of Forgotten-NY there have been certain roads that have not received their own page by virtue of their fame, making it…