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Mysterious male names over tenement doorways
Ever notice that when a tenement building has a name, it tends to be female? Bertha, Florence, Rose, Sylvia—names popular at the turn of the last century, when so many tenements were built, are etched… more →
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Mysterious male names over tenement doorways
wrote 1 week ago: Ever notice that when a tenement building has a name, it tends to be female? Bertha, Florence, Rose, … more →
Cool old-school store signs found all over the city
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wrote 2 weeks ago: You don’t see too many delis with a Te-Amo Imported Cigars sign anymore. This one was spotted … more →
Strolling through Riverside Park to Grant's Tomb
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wrote 4 weeks ago: A few solitary, turn-of-the-century New Yorkers took advantage of the quiet, lovely paths of the upp … more →
The Titanic love story of Isidor and Ida Straus
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wrote 1 month ago: If you’ve seen the movie, you might remember this tragic side story. But on the 101st annivers … more →
Vintage Coca-Cola signs hiding on city corners
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wrote 1 month ago: This one is pretty tricky to spot, as the old-school red and white sign blends in with the new sign … more →
The long-gone ironworks of an older Manhattan
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wrote 1 month ago: You don’t always notice them underfoot as you walk down New York’s sidewalks. But these … more →
The Phantom of the Opera murder at the Met
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wrote 2 months ago: It happened during a performance of the Berlin Ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House on July 23, 19 … more →
Some mysterious names carved into tenements
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wrote 4 months ago: I love that even the lowliest tenements typically have names. A developer would complete his buildin … more →
The musical history of 72nd Street's Verdi Square
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wrote 5 months ago: These days, Verdi Square, a tiny triangle between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue north of 72nd Street … more →
The oldest photo ever taken of New York City
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wrote 6 months ago: It looks more like a Southern plantation mansion than a house in Manhattan. But historians believe t … more →
Beautiful curves on two Riverside Drive buildings
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wrote 6 months ago: New York is a city of rectangles and squares. No wonder the circular facades of two opposing 1910 ap … more →
Where was the West Side town of Strycker's Bay?
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wrote 7 months ago: Until the late 19th century, the Upper West Side consisted mainly of the suburb of Bloomingdale and … more →
A Riverside Drive mansion and monument
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wrote 7 months ago: The gentle bend at Riverside Drive and 89th Street, seen here in an early 1900s postcard, is host to … more →
The female names carved into tenements
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wrote 8 months ago: Used to be that ships and hurricanes were typically named after women. And it seems that tenement an … more →
A hospital moves to pastoral Morningside Heights
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wrote 9 months ago: It’s only the early 1900s in this penny postcard of St. Luke’s Hospital on Amsterdam Ave … more →
When the Straw Hat Riots rocked 1920s New York
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wrote 9 months ago: Senseless riots have always broken out in the city: Astor Place, the Draft Riots, Tompkins Square. B … more →
Faded outlines of phantom Manhattan buildings
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wrote 9 months ago: Many of these ghost buildings, remnants from an older New York, are visible for just a short period … more →
A country mansion once on the Upper West Side
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wrote 9 months ago: Picture today’s Upper West Side as it was in the late 18th century, when it was known as the r … more →
A last remaining mansion on Riverside Drive
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wrote 10 months ago: When megabucks lawyer Isaac L. Rice built his four-story Georgian-Beaux Arts residence (below, in a … more →
