I didn’t know it at the time, November 10th, 2019, but the last Forgotten NY tour in Sugar Hill in a packed schedule that year turned out to be the…
Sugar Hill
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SYLVAN” is an adjective that means “woodsy” or “like a forest” and there are three uptown alleys named “Sylvan”: Sylvan Court and Sylvan Place, which are on East 121st Street…
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If we’ve learned anything from the 2020 election cycle, it’s that Georgians do not pronounce the “L” in the state’s DeKalb County. Brooklynites, however, don’t like to let a perfectly…
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Sometimes my most productive walks are when I’m scouting Forgotten NY tours. I’m especially attuned to my surroundings and noticing anything I can talk about on the tour that will…
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Tucked away at #400 West 148th Street off St. Nicholas Avenue is a bit of New York City music history. The 400 Tavern operated at this address from the 1940s…
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In Janaury 2012 I was scrabbling around Uptown Trinity Cemetery and its adjacent neighborhood, Sugar Hill, so named because it represented the “sweet” life to aspiring African-Americans who lived uptown,…