Depending on who you speak to, there’s a wide opinion on the accomplishments and career of Dr. James Marion Sims. Dr. James Marion Sims (1813-1883) is often called the father of gynecology; he founded…
Upper East Side
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Back in 2011, I got a photo of this temporary lamppost on 2nd Avenue, placed by the Department of Transportation while 2nd Avenue was being ripped up to build the…
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As I usually do in December I rode the MTA’s “holiday special” trainset, which is a unit of older cars that the Transit Museum put together from its vintage car…
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Continued from Part 1 Well, the 2nd Avenue Subway, which opened on 1/1/17, was among the most talked-about events in NYC in late 2016 and early 2017. How can it…
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Well, the 2nd Avenue Subway, which opened on 1/1/17, was among the most talked-about events in NYC in late 2016 and early 2017. How can it be Forgotten? I’ll find…
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I’ve never been in the Subway Inn in either of its locations, but that’s OK, I’m really here to mention its red neon sign, which survived its transplant. For eight decades…
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Continued from Part One During the waning light of November 2015, we had a spectacular midweek day — it could have been the day after Thanksgiving — and word had…
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Sequestered along quiet East 92nd Street east of Park Avenue are a trio of grand old wooden houses with porches, distinctive in the Upper East Side due to their contrast…
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I found myself shambling north on York Avenue in the dishrag New York heat and humidity (wasn’t even that hot yet, being May) and was wondering if I would escape…
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Here’s an original Twin lamppost from 5th Avenue’s original batch, first installed two to each intersection in the early 1890s. This original design was used exclusively on 5th Avenue but…
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Keep looking down — you never know what you might find. Several years ago FNY did a survey on the various pieces of Avenue A that still exist uptown,…
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For some reason Manhattan’s east side has always had more north-south avenues than the west. Between 3rd and Park (4th Avenue) comes Lexington Avenue and between Park and 5th Avenue…