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    38th STREET east to west

    by Kevin Walsh October 11, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh October 11, 2020 9 comments

    It’s time for another entry in FNY’s Cross Streets of NYC series!  I’ve done them piecemeal in the past, but I’ve already posted 20th Street, 21st Street, 22nd Street, 17th Street, 10th Street, 6th Street, 18th Street, 25th…

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  • FNY CROSSTOWN

    34th STROLL

    by Kevin Walsh July 26, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh July 26, 2020 16 comments

    The summer of 2020 has been among the hottest in years, rivaling the ones I recall in 1988 and 1999. Nevertheless I was itching for a Manhattan stroll, as I…

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  • One Shots

    FRED MOGUBGUB, Midtown

    by Kevin Walsh April 6, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh April 6, 2020 15 comments

    Here’s a 1965 view of the northwest corner of 6th Avenue and West 46th Street in Midtown, which at the time hosted a Hadley drugstore, one of what once was…

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  • One Shots

    DEMAREST BUILDING, Midtown

    by Kevin Walsh February 26, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh February 26, 2020 2 comments

    The Demarest Building is a Beaux-Arts era building on the northeast corner of 5th Avenue and East 33rd Street, across the street from the Empire State Building, which it preceded…

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  • One ShotsSubways & Trains

    50TH STREET IRT

    by Kevin Walsh December 26, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh December 26, 2019 6 comments

    As Forgotten NY fans know by now, I’m fascinated with New York City’s infrastructure and despite the subway’s overall failings, I’ve always had a soft spot for subway infrastructure; I…

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  • One Shots

    SIRE BUILDING, Midtown

    by Kevin Walsh July 30, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh July 30, 2019 3 comments

    Walking around the 57th Street area east of Columbus Circle, where there are so many gigantic towers going up at the moment, it’s easy to forget that there are still…

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  • One Shots

    PARIS THEATRE, Midtown

    by Kevin Walsh July 24, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh July 24, 2019 9 comments

    As many ForgottenFans know, I have been working in the Columbus Circle/Hells Kitchen region of late. On an after-work ramble, I headed east on West 58th Street and happened upon…

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  • One Shots

    CREATURES OF ST. PATRICK’S

    by Kevin Walsh April 12, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh April 12, 2019 0 comment

    St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the Capitol Building of the Catholic Church in New York City. The twin-spired Gothic Revival edifice, occupying the complete block between 5th and Madison Avenues and…

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  • One Shots

    LORD & TAYLOR, Midtown

    by Kevin Walsh January 3, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh January 3, 2019 0 comment

    Lord & Taylor, a department store fixture on 5th Avenue between West 38th and 39th Street for decades, has now closed. The building will remain, but will become offices including a WeWork…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    5th AVENUE IRT STATION

    by Kevin Walsh October 26, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh October 26, 2018 14 comments

    There are only three subway stations located on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, and none at all in Brooklyn, which also has a lengthy 5th Avenue. In Manhattan, the Queen of…

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  • One Shots

    61⁄2 AVENUE, Midtown

    by Kevin Walsh August 20, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh August 20, 2018 5 comments

    Above: 6-1/2 Avenue at West 55th Street By the first decade of the 19th Century, New York City was beginning to outgrow the small area at the tip of Manhattan…

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  • One ShotsStreet Lamps

    MIDTOWN TRIPLETS

    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2018 1 comment

    The west side of 6th Avenue between West 48th between West 48th and west 51st Streets is home to 4 gargantuan office buildings, each with a building number ending in…

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