Seen from Broadway near Union Square are the King of All Buildings and his pals, One Madison and the Metropolitan Life Tower, the latter two at East 23rd Street and…
Midtown
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Way back in 2008 I was meandering west on 35th Street between 7th and 9th, the south end of the Garment District, when I spotted a building entrance that must…
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On the weekend of May 11th and 12th, 2013, Grand Central Terminal assembled a group of restored luxury sleeper, lounge, and diner cars that ran on various railroads countrywide as…
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I’ve never been desperate enough to eat at Tad’s, and believe me, I’m no snob when it comes to fast food. To me, Tad’s has always been associated with the…
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This will turn out to be the second FNY post regarding NYC Mayor from 1913-1917, John Purroy Mitchel, in the last four months, but sometimes things turn out like that.…
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Since we recently lost another of 5th Avenue’s classic 1910s-era Twin lampposts, at 32nd Street, there re just 4 left from a proud history of hundreds. Classic Twin: 5th and…
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This ad of indeterminate age for Something Diamond and Jewelry Exchange appears high over 5th Avenue near Diamond and Jewelry Way, NYC’s premier block for jewelry commerce, West 47th between…
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It’s a shame how 5th Avenue is deteriorating so much, lamppost-wise. At one time there was an unbroken string of these Twins (in 2 different species, admittedly) from Washington Square…
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I regret to mention that one of 5th Avenue‘s last original Twin lampposts, on the SW corner of 5th and West 32nd Street, has been removed and replaced with a…
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Alwyn Court is a massive, French Renaissance-style building at 7th Avenue and West 58th Street constructed in the first decade of the 20th Century, that at first consisted of several…
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I do not remember Bryant Park during its legendary Bad Old Days of the 1970s and 1980s, when, according to all the chroniclings I have read, it was a ‘wretched…
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PERIODICALLY in Forgotten NY, I just decide to walk a street for its entire length. River to river, or landmark to landmark. This time, 53rd Street in Manhattan made a…