Author Don Friedman Published on: January 14, 2026 Tags Blog Unrecognizable IRT subway construction, for the original line, in 1901: Half the street is open for the cut-and-cover tunnel construction. We’ve
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 13, 2026 Tags Blog Another Detail From the Wurts Brothers, in 1900, a view of the Lake in Central Park: The photographer did something quite clever:
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 12, 2026 Tags Blog If I Knew Then What I Know Now I was on East Houston Street a few years ago and took a picture of some old work: See the
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 11, 2026 Tags Blog It Looked Familiar: Deco In the Marvel universe, a bad guy is plotting bad things in an apartment house called the Sankovitch Arms: The
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 10, 2026 Tags Blog Credit Where Due The photo is from 2019, so this comment is a bit delayed, but that’s an example of a modern facade
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 9, 2026 Tags Blog Hilarious, In A Way A very pretty view of the south end of Central Park, obviously from the top of or a high window
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 8, 2026 Tags Blog A Reminder Of The Past I passed by an artifact recently…somewhere between a fossil and nostalgia: I would call it an abandoned token booth, but
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 7, 2026 Tags Blog Something Is In The Details A large probe exposing a corner column on a 1910s building, from a few summers ago: To be clear: I
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 6, 2026 Tags Blog Ignoring The Elephant December 28, 1911, “Woolworth Bldg.” by Irving Underhill: Looks like there might have been a dusting of snow shortly before
Author Don Friedman Published on: January 5, 2026 Tags Blog A Weird Analogy From a small 1940s or 50s apartment house, a probe exposing the loose lintel over a window: The window is
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