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    FRANZ SIGEL, Upper West Side

    by Kevin Walsh December 24, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh December 24, 2022 5 comments

    MAJOR General Franz Sigel (1824-1902) overlooks Riverside Drive at West 106th Street. Sigel, born in Baden, Germany, served in the German military until 1852, when he emigrated to the US,…

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    WEST 96th STREET BRIDGE, Upper West Side

    by Kevin Walsh September 22, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh September 22, 2021 11 comments

    THE westernmost north-south avenue in Manhattan north of West 72nd Street, Riverside Drive runs from West 72nd Street north to Broadway and Dyckman Street in Inwood. Riverside Drive was designed…

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    POMANDER WALK, Upper West Side

    by Kevin Walsh September 15, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh September 15, 2021 6 comments

    LOCATED between West 94th and 95th Streets west of Broadway, Pomander Walk is the only Manhattan thoroughfare named for a stage play. The play – itself named for a London…

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  • One ShotsSubways & Trains

    96TH STREET SIDE PLATFORM

    by Kevin Walsh June 2, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh June 2, 2021 7 comments

    96th Street is one of the Original 28 IRT subway stations that opened on October 27, 1904 between the old City Hall station and 145th Street, #1, 2, 3 trains…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    WATERLINE SQUARE, Upper West Side

    by Kevin Walsh January 6, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh January 6, 2021 8 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten New York correspondent New York has often been derided as a playground for the rich, with their empty glass towers and breathtaking views of the city that…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    FOUR BOOTHS, Upper West Side

    by Kevin Walsh November 26, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh November 26, 2020 5 comments

    Freestanding, walk-in phone booths used to be ubiquitous all over town, but even before cell phones began taking over in the 1990s, street telephones had been replaced for the most…

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  • One Shots

    TOM’S RESTAURANT

    by Kevin Walsh June 19, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh June 19, 2020 1 comment

    Though Tom’s Restaurant on the Upper West Side at Broadway and West 112th Street is hardly “forgotten” and has been a beloved area touchstone since the 1940s when the Zoulis…

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  • One ShotsSubways & Trains

    91st STREET ENTRANCE, Upper West Side

    by Kevin Walsh February 24, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh February 24, 2020 15 comments

    This subway entrance on Broadway caught my interest for two reasons: one, it’s for a long-closed subway entrance, and two, as the time “stamp” indicates, it was taken on my…

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  • One Shots

    HAMILTON FOUNTAIN, Upper West Side

    by Kevin Walsh October 8, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh October 8, 2019 7 comments

    There are a number of reminders around town of the days when ole Dobbin was the fastest means of transportation. You’ve seen hitching posts, some with carved horse heads; stone…

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  • One Shots

    PEREGRINE FALCON, Upper West Side

    by Kevin Walsh September 19, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh September 19, 2019 1 comment

    The word “peregrine” originally meant “foreign or outlandish” but today, the term applies only to the peregrine falcon, the fastest bird in the world. According to the National Geographic, peregrine…

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    ROOSEVELT PARK, UPPER WEST SIDE

    by Kevin Walsh February 8, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh February 8, 2019 4 comments

    by SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent Across the street from the world-famous Central Park there is an older park that hosts the American Museum of Natural History. With a controversial museum…

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  • One ShotsStreet Lamps

    J-BRACKET FIRE ALARM LIGHT

    by Kevin Walsh February 1, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh February 1, 2019 6 comments

    Fire alarms have been a feature on NYC streets since the late 1800s, and methods of marking them, first to passing horse-drawn coaches and pedestrians up to moving vehicles has…

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