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    STATEN ISLAND SAVINGS BANK, STAPLETON

    by Kevin Walsh May 19, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh May 19, 2025 1 comment

    THE rundown and somewhat neglected neighborhood of Stapleton on Staten Island’s eastern shore isn’t thought of as a hotbed of classic architecture but it does have pockets of excellence. Recently…

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    TRINITY LUTHERAN, STAPLETON

    by Kevin Walsh November 5, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh November 5, 2024 1 comment

    On the day after the 4th of July 2024 I made my only visit to Staten Island all year and puttered around the Stapleton area, specifically Van Duzer Street and…

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    PS 15, STAPLETON

    by Kevin Walsh September 9, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh September 9, 2024 6 comments

    QUITE a few years have passed since I strode Van Duzer Street and St. Paul’s Avenue in Stapleton. Of late I have been revisiting locales where I have not been…

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    HARRISON STREET, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh November 27, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh November 27, 2022 10 comments

    To begin, I’ll quote myself from the ForgottenBook… Stapleton and Clifton are two adjacent neighborhoods on Staten Island’s northeast coast along Upper New York Bay. The Vanderbilt family held much…

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  • Walks

    STATEN ISLAND WATERFRONT

    by Kevin Walsh March 27, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh March 27, 2022 10 comments

    TIME for another sojourn in Staten Island, this time along the waterfront areas of St. George, Tompkinsville, Stapleton, Clifton and Rosebank along Upper New York Bay where it becomes The…

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  • Walks

    FORT WADSWORTH TO STAPLETON: PART 2

    by Kevin Walsh May 17, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh May 17, 2020 4 comments

    Continued from Part 1: Fort Wadsworth and Clifton In 2019, I made three separate pilgrimages and Walks of Penance in Fort Wadsworth, Rosebank and Clifton areas on the east shore…

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    PARAMOUNT, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh February 5, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh February 5, 2019 5 comments

    The Paramount Theatre, at 560 Bay Street near Prospect, is now likely Staten Island’s premier ‘ghost theater’ now that the St. George has been reactivated. It was designed by architects…

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    ST. GEORGE to TOMPKINSVILLE to PARK HILL to STAPLETON, Part 3

    by Kevin Walsh May 24, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 24, 2015 14 comments

    Continued from Part 2 In my collection of NYC books I think I can count the number of books on (exclusively) Staten Island with two hands. There’s Holden’s Staten Island, Secret…

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    ST. GEORGE to TOMPKINSVILLE to PARK HILL to STAPLETON, Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh May 17, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 17, 2015 3 comments

    Continued from Part 1 In my collection of NYC books I think I can count the number of books on (exclusively) Staten Island with two hands. There’s Holden’s Staten Island, Secret…

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    ST. GEORGE to TOMPKINSVILLE to PARK HILL to STAPLETON

    by Kevin Walsh May 10, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 10, 2015 10 comments

    I think this one is going to take a number of pages to finish. In December 2014, before the winter got really harsh, I decided to walk around certain parts…

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    CLAPBOARD HOUSE, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh December 31, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh December 31, 2014 4 comments

    Well, as the great Bob Grant used to say, that slams the lid on things for 2014. Closing out the year with a green clapboard house at Clinton and Brewster…

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    390 VAN DUZER STREET, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh August 19, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh August 19, 2014 0 comment

    If you missed FNY’s Stapleton tour in June 2014, you missed some very interesting architectural highlights! In 1833, Minthorne Tompkins, son of the late Vice President under James Monroe, Daniel…

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