THIS building at #56 Bleecker Street, NE corner of Crosby, isn’t officially called the “Roosevelt House” but I’ll give it a name, as it was constructed by James Roosevelt in…
Soho
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An ancient painted ad for Coca-Cola appears on #60 Grand Street, just east of the low-rise, 2-story #337 West Broadway (itself constructed in 1886 and designed by architect Peter V.…
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Is the blue and white painted sign for De Lorenzo & Bro. Iron & Sheet Metal Contractor at #43-45 Grand Street, just east of 6th Avenue, gone for good? I…
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CROSBY Street is one of those NYC streets that traditionally had been somewhat overlooked, since it’s wedged between main N-S thoroughfares Broadway and Lafayette Street between Howard and Bleecker Streets. It…
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SEVEN years after walking up Thompson Street, which runs north in Manhattan from Broome Street to Washington Squarein Soho and the Village, I walked north on its brother, Sullivan Street,…
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WHILE journeying over to Elizabeth Street to view the Elizabeth Street Garden, which locals and preservationists want to save, developers are salivating over, and has become something of a political…
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WHILE looking around for a relatively short walk recently I settled on MacDougal Street, which many think of as the commercial north-south spine of Greenwich Village. Well, I thought it…
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THE Butterick Building at the NW corner of 6th Avenue and Spring was built in 1903, before 6th Avenue was built. Butterick is a sewing pattern company founded in 1863 by Ebenezer…
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So the word has come down that another NYC classic diner, the Neptune, at Astoria Boulevard and 31st Street, will close at the end of business on July 28, 2024.…
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JUST a quick one this week, as I will be occupied much of Easter Sunday and I am busy assembling the FNY 25th anniversary event presentation scheduled for Thursday, April…
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Continued from Part 1 I still have grand dreams and ambitions. Publish a book and own my own place? Done years ago. Marriage? Make millions? Let’s not get crazy. However,…
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Is there anyplace more inviting than a classic railroad-car diner? It’s a matter of taste of course, in more ways than one. I’d eat in one every day, but my cholesterol…