Midtown

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

For much of its history, it’s been an avenue without a number, ever since it was proclaimed the Avenue of the Americas in 1945. New Yorkers have always referred to it…

You’re not supposed to call it 6th Avenue, you know. 6th Avenue has a rather involved history. It has been extended both northward and southward and has been renamed twice! In…

Welcome to Forgotten NY’snewest installment of “Who Are Those Guys & Gals” in which we investigate statues of real people in Manhattan. Some are instantly recognizable, some are not recognizable…