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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…