While poring through old maps and street directories ( I do it so you don’t have to) I occasionally see some great old street names that I wish had been…
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For quite awhile, I was puzzled by the inscription on the cornerstone of the handsome brick building at Broadway and 44th Street, “L.I.C. T.V. 1875.” Television? 1875? Some research revealed…
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As I was aimlessly meandering around Corona, crazed from the 80+ Corona heat, I spotted something interesting on the corner of 104th Street and 39th Avenue: specifically, 38-14 104th Street.…
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In May 2019 I traveled down to JFK Airport with my friend Joanna to take a look at the new TWA Hotel, which opened this year in the same futuristic…
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I don’t fly often — not because I fear flying. As Superman says, it’s the safest possible way to travel. I just don’t have the dough to go flying here…
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While stumbling around Corona today, I was looking for odd bits of infrastructure that pointed the way to the past. They’re not hard to find because Corona is a rather…
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Continued from Part 1 GOOGLE MAP: WALKING THE NEW K FROM SUNNYSIDE TO GREENPOINT On August 28, 2019, I did something I had never done before: I stood in the…
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On August 28, 2019, I did something I had never done before: I stood in the center of the Kosciuszko Bridge roadbed. The second span of the bridge was opening…
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I was desperate for a ramble with the camera. I have actually been working this summer at a small design shop in the Columbus Circle area, in the building Tommy…
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Jason Antos recently snapped this photo of a near-pristine Coca-Cola ad at 23-08 Jackson Avenue near the #7 train overpass; the Court Square station is nearby. The ad is from…
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Rudy’s Bakery & Café, 905 Seneca Ave. between Myrtle and Catalpa Avenues, has been in business for just over 80 years. The German word Konditorei can be translated as “cakes or baked…
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I have found myself in a number of Queens cemeteries this year. Earlier in the year (2019) when the NY Post did an article on Forgotten NY’s 20th anniversary) I…