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    HOW TO FRAME A CROOK. How the Department of Transportation defaced classic cast iron poles in the 1980s.

    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2001
    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2001 0 comment

    Before the days when the New York City Department of Transportation began to install replicas of classic bishop-crook, “Corvington” long-armed lamps and twinlamp designs, they defaced still-standing classic lampposts that were…

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    NYC’s MOST UNUSUAL SUBWAY MAP

    by Kevin Walsh September 10, 2000
    by Kevin Walsh September 10, 2000 0 comment

      The Soho Building, on Greene Street between Spring and Prince Streets, is home to NYC’s most unusual subway map…despite the fact that no subways run underneath it and that the…

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    THE ALLEYS OF SOHO AND NOHO

    by Kevin Walsh May 16, 1999
    by Kevin Walsh May 16, 1999 0 comment

    While poking around the streets of Soho (South of Houston) and Noho (North of Houston) you can find several hidden and not-so-hidden alleyways that contain a few surprises here and…

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