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COCA-COLA, GRAND STREET
For a few years now, the ad has been obscured by a series of pasted-on ads which are easier to change out.
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September 21, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Substation 42
I last reviewed 57th Street in Forgotten NY way back in 2010, paying attention to its architectural treasures from 1880-1910; I was only walking West 57th on that occasion.
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September 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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PLEASANT PLAINS PART 2: AMBOY
CONTINUED FROM PART ONE In May 2026, before the humidity set in for good, I took LIRR, subway, boat and Staten Island Railway to Pleasant Plains, a neighborhood in Staten…
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September 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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September 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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MORONI, LINCOLN CENTER
The Mormon Temple in Lincoln Center was dedicated in 2002, with the gilded figure of Moroni placed on its "steeple" two years later
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September 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Today’s SpliceToday today
City Hall’s Chambers of Horror
Note the tiled columns and large plaques. || Kevin Walsh
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September 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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A CROSBY MYSTERY
I had found Crosby one of SoHo's quietest streets, but things have gotten very busy as high-end retailers have arrived
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September 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Chelsea Fortresses
Terminal Warehouse and Starrett Lehigh Building, seen from High Line walkway on West 30th Street
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September 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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CHELSEA PARK
Having documented a long-demolished bathhouse across the street from John Jay Park on the Upper East Side, I learned that it had a Beaux Arts counterpart on the west side…
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September 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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HAVE A PLEASANT PLAINS
In May 2026, before the humidity set in for good, I took LIRR, subway, boat and Staten Island Railway to Pleasant Plains, a neighborhood in Staten Island I had probably…
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September 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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Shepherd’s Relic
On the Isham Street side of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Inwood you will find a 9/11/01 memorial garden featuring iron beams salvaged from the site of the terrorist attack, and a display of the na...
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September 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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DINER, WILLIAMSBURG
The longevity of this building, and its history hosting diners, is impressive. I never see any published pieces about it
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September 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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PLAYING IN TRAFFIC AVENUE
Traffic Avenue parallels the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Railroad between Menahan and Woodbine Streets
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September 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Today’s SpliceToday today
Around Finn Square
Surrounding New York's smallest and most unusual museum. || Kevin Walsh
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September 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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FARLEY INSCRIPTION
While puttering around the Farley building on the way to the Loews I saw this inscription on the 31st Street side
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September 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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OCEAN WAY, CONEY'S NEW STREET
I was surprised to see a new two-block street recently completed in Coney Island: Ocean Way, between West 20th and West 22nd Streets
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September 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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MIDWOOD AND FLATBUSH AVE., PART 2
East 21st Street between Church Avenue and Albemarle Road rewards with gorgeous cul-de-sacs Albemarle and Kenmore Terraces
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September 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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SANS SOUCI, UPPER WEST SIDE
The original Sans Souci was the summer palace of Prussian King Frederick the Great in Potsdam, Germany.
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September 4, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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At Fanelli
Interestingly I have been in the Fanelli Cafe just once, in early 2006, since I tend to be an aficionado of old-time saloons. Circumstances tend to dictate which ones I visit but hopefully, the occasi...
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September 3, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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ALLEY LAMPS, 27 BARCLAY
I was arrested by the sight of these gangly, guy-wired lampposts that look like NYC's thick-trunked guy-wired stoplights after a bender
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September 2, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Today’s SpliceToday today
Bronx Revolutionary
The Revolutionary War was plotted, fought and negotiated on several sites in all five boroughs, including the Bronx. || Kevin Walsh
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September 2, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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STUDEBAKER, CROWN HEIGHTS
Is the Studebaker Building on the NE corner of Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place the most beautiful building on Bedford Avenue?
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September 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Secrets of Mid-Flushing
A Victorian-era residence, the kind that have long been displaced in Flushing by boring, monolithic apartments and blond brick two-family homes (you know the type…concrete driveways and prominent wate...
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August 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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THE STORY OF OTTO (ROAD)
Otto Road runs for 0.6 miles, in Glendale, between the intersection of Cypress Hills Street and Central Avenue to 69th Place
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August 31, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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MIDWOOD AND FLATBUSH AVE. PART 1
I found the area compelling and also it was fresh in my mind since I hadn't visited the area in nearly a decade if not longer
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August 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM