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FORGOTTENTOUR INDOORS: QUEENS JAZZ LEGENDS
When you think of jazz, you think of New Orleans, Chicago, Harlem, or even Greenwich Village. Queens doesn’t come immediately to mind. Yet, some of the greatest jazz, pop, R&B and…
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RETURN TO PACIFIC PARK
The view from this office revealed a chasm between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street, a portion of the railyard that has not yet been decked
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February 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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BROADWAY-AUBURNDALE, PART 2
Little of this area is documented as little of it has Landmarks protection, but there are some interesting items to see and document.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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BROADWAY-AUBURNDALE, PART ONE
I really like the stationhouse at LIRR Broadway, a ranch house built in 1913, when the only ranch houses could be found on actual ranches.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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AQUEDUCT WALK
Aqueduct Walk opened in 1940 on an embankment over the Old Croton Aqueduct from West Tremont Avenue north to West Kingsbridge Road
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February 12, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Next Stop MacDougal
Where does MacDougal St. begin? || Kevin Walsh
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February 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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BERGEN STREET REVISITED, PART 2
I usually don't have much in the way of compliments about new residential architecture; it's as above my familiarity as Mount Olympus
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February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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FABULOUS PIER 57, HUDSON RIVER
Besides the repurposed Pier 57 and the event, I got to see the Hudson River covered in ice, a rare sight.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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FITZGERALD-GINSBERG MANSION, MURRAY HILL
The Fitzgerald/Ginsberg Mansion is a rare 1920s, picturesque Tudor Revival style mansion in Flushing, Queens designed by architect John Oakman
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February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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BERGEN STREET REVISITED, PART 1
WHEN a website is as old as Forgotten New York, which was conceived in the “stone knives and bearskins” (to quote Mr. Spock) era of the internet in which you…
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February 5, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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This Is Hunt’s Point
Where car parts and lights are manufactured without pressure from the city. || Kevin Walsh
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February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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CHANGING DELANCEY
Suffolk Street as it was just a few years ago, weedy and Belgian blocked in between lots. What a difference a few years make
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February 4, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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ALICE, CENTRAL PARK
Delacorte's most popular contribution may be the enchanting Alice statue that he placed in Central Park in 1959
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February 3, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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FORGOTTENTOUR INDOORS: QUEENS JAZZ LEGENDS
When you think of jazz, you think of New Orleans, Chicago, Harlem, or even Greenwich Village. Queens doesn’t come immediately to mind. Yet, some of the greatest jazz, pop, R&B and…
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February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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QUICK TRIP TO WASHINGTON
Washington Avenue in the Bronx runs for three miles from Melrose north to Fordham, offering a variety of architectural oddities
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January 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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ALL ABOARD FOR SILVERCUP
Get a good look at the illuminated Silvercup Studios sign as the train inches past it before arriving at the Queensboro Plaza station
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January 31, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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SULLIVAN STREET, SOHO-VILLAGE
This is the edge of Little Italy and restaurants like Altesi Downtown, on the corner, are numerous.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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BAYONNE FERRY SIGN PORT RICHMOND
UNTIL about ten years ago there was a very old, rusted, arrow-shaped sign pointing toward New Jersey on Richmond Terrace just east of Port Richmond Avenue, and if you look…
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January 29, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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Bushwicked
From the William Ulmer Mansion to Burger City. || Kevin Walsh
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January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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MERCURY STOPLIGHT, 5TH AVENUE
The Mercury, a bronze pole with red and green lamps placed catercorner on 5th Avenue from Washington Square to 59th Street
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January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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J.J. FRIEL AND MORE
Friel was an immigrant who began his career as a ditch digger before opening his own real estate business
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January 24, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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SUBWAY COLUMN SIGNS
Many of these signs were made by the Baltimore Enamel and Novelty Company, in business from 1898 to 1943
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January 23, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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REVISITING LOWER MONTAUK, QUEENS
HERE’S the Richmond Hill LIRR elevated station on the Long Island Rail Road Lower Montauk Branch in 1997. When in the next year I heard this line would be mostly…
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January 23, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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STAR BEEPERS, MIDWOOD
While sulking through Midwood on Kings Highway in 2019, I found this pair of painted ads for Star Beepers, #1801 Kings Highway
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January 22, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Painted Treasures
Faded and whitewashed ads and the splashes of blue, white, and gold that remain. || Kevin Walsh
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January 21, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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CHRISTOPHER ON CARROLL
Across from Francis Xavier is what used to be a stable. Over the door is a carving of a man fording a stream with a child on his back.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:49 AM