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    MOTT HAVEN CANAL, Bronx

    by Kevin Walsh December 25, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh December 25, 2015 8 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten New York correspondent  A nondescript row of auto repair shops located on East 138th Street stands on the former site of a South Bronx ship canal…

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    MOTT AVENUE MOSAIC, 149th Street

    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2013 6 comments

    Recent station “improvements” and modernizations recently (12/13) claimed the remaining Mott Avenue mosaic signs at the #2 train station at 149th Street (years ago, its “NY Central” mosaic signs that…

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  • Neighborhoods

    MOTT HAVEN—PORT MORRIS, BRONX

    by Kevin Walsh November 3, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh November 3, 2013 66 comments

    Last summer (2012 I’m talking about), there was a day that was somewhat lessened of the stultifying heat and paralyzing humidity, and I made straight for Port Morris, the Bronx,…

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  • One Shots

    HEAVENLY TUNES, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh July 19, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh July 19, 2013 5 comments

    Detail from entrance to an apartment building at Alexander Avenue and East 138th, Mott Haven, Bronx. There are other cartouches of musical angels at the entrance. Perhaps the builder was…

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  • One Shots

    ST. ANN’S CHURCH, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh April 11, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh April 11, 2013 13 comments

    St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, St. Ann’s Avenue between East 139th and East 141st Streets, is The Bronx’ oldest church, having been built in 1841 and dedicated to Gouverneur Morris‘ mother,…

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    ESTEY PIANOS, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh April 11, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh April 11, 2013 5 comments

    The Estey Piano & Organ Company was one of the most important players in the late 19th and early 20th Century piano & organ manufacturing business. Established in 1846, Estey…

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  • Tours

    FORGOTTENTOUR 62, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh March 29, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh March 29, 2013 1 comment

    I have uploaded photos and descriptions here… http://www.flickr.com/photos/forgotten-ny/sets/72157633117301529/

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  • Forgotten SlicesNeighborhoods

    MOTT HAVEN, Bronx

    by Kevin Walsh October 26, 2009
    by Kevin Walsh October 26, 2009 1 comment

    If it seems as if I am revisiting a lot of areas I have previously covered this year [2009] that’s true. Many of my neighborhood profiles were done early on just…

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  • Subways & Trains

    COME ON IN More subway oddities

    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2009
    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2009 0 comment

    My fascination with the NYC subway’s infrastructure continues unabated and my love affair with the subways remains unrequited. That is made clear every weekend, when the MTA runs most lines completely…

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  • NeighborhoodsStreet Scenes

    HARLEM RIVER BRIDGES, Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh June 12, 2009
    by Kevin Walsh June 12, 2009 2 comments

    CONTINUED FROM PART 1   Park Avenue   When Eva Gabor sang, “Darlin, I love ya but give me Park Avenue” she didn’t mean its lengthy Bronx stretch, which meanders…

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    HARLEM RIVER BRIDGES Part 1

    by Kevin Walsh June 7, 2009
    by Kevin Walsh June 7, 2009 0 comment

    New York City borders on an ocean, several straits and a tidal estuary (the Hudson River). This propitious location has given rise to over 400 bridges, including two of the…

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  • Neighborhoods

    To Have… and Have MOTT HAVEN

    by Kevin Walsh September 29, 2002
    by Kevin Walsh September 29, 2002 0 comment

    Squeezed in between the Harlem River and Yankee Stadium in the Bronx is a small neighborhood known as Mott Haven, after Jordan Mott, owner of the Mott Iron Works at…

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