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    ForgottenTour 48: The TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE

    by Kevin Walsh September 22, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh September 22, 2011 5 comments

    On September 17, 2011, over 40 ForgottenFans met at 2nd Avenue and East 125th Street to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Robert F. Kennedy Triborough Bridge (which opened to…

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  • Street Lamps

    TRIBAL CUSTOM: A Classic 1930s Design for Broadway, Astoria’s New Posts

    by Kevin Walsh January 19, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh January 19, 2011 0 comment

    The Department of Transportation has installed a clutch of Triborough-style lampposts (I call them ‘Tribes’) along Broadway in Astoria. I was surprised to see them as I got off the N…

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  • Street Lamps

    LAMP BONANZA! More from the Bob Mulero archives

    by Kevin Walsh November 28, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh November 28, 2010 0 comment

    Time to delve once more into the Bob Mulero collection of lampposts. Bob and I achieved our separate lamppost obsessions separately: while both us have been enthusiastically noting the state of…

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  • Street Lamps

    Wheelies: A Look at the Last Few Wrought Iron “Wheel Motif” Stoplights in NYC

    by Kevin Walsh September 4, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh September 4, 2010 0 comment

    While walking uptown during Summer Streets 2010 I passed by two of New York City’s most picturesque relics at Park Avenue and East 46th, at the tunnel that takes the Park Avenue…

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    TRIBORO BRIDGE LAMPPOSTS

    by Kevin Walsh May 11, 2009
    by Kevin Walsh May 11, 2009 0 comment

    Avail yourself of a walk down the new Hudson River Park walkway along West Street, 11th and 12th Avenues (stay out of the bike lane — they’ll kill ya) and you’ll…

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    ASTORIA VILLAGE PART 3, Queens

    by Kevin Walsh December 1, 2007
    by Kevin Walsh December 1, 2007 7 comments

    FNY returns to Astoria Village this week: my third page here. It’s a region the Historic Districts Council calls a “neighborhood at risk” due to the accelerating rate of teardowns and new construction. It’s a…

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    PENN STATION TO ASTORIA in three hours

    by Kevin Walsh October 1, 2007
    by Kevin Walsh October 1, 2007 0 comment

    Is walking the best way for your webmaster to get around in NYC? I think so. When in a car or bus, whatever interests me goes by in a hurry;…

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    BELIEVE IT! NY’s craziest lampposts

    by Kevin Walsh January 5, 2005
    by Kevin Walsh January 5, 2005 0 comment

    IT’S ALWAYS FUN when it’s time to do a lamppost page in Forgotten NY, because these vaguely anthropomorphic untility poles are what got me started with this Forgotten NY stuff…

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