From The Hundred Acre Wood To Midtown – Winnie The Pooh in New York
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From The Hundred Acre Wood To Midtown – Winnie The Pooh in New York

To see one of the most important exhibits at the New York Public Library, skip the main entrance… …and take the far-less trafficked 42nd Street door: Once past the metal detector, hang a right down the first corridor… …and continue on into the Children’s Center. See that wooden partition in the center of the center…

New York City Firehouse Actually Has A Pet Dalmatian!
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New York City Firehouse Actually Has A Pet Dalmatian!

I was driving down Houston the other day when a firetruck raced by, sirens blazing… Nothing unusual about that. But, just as it turned onto Broadway, something caught my eye: was that a dalmatian hanging its head out the window??? Seriously?? I’ve always assumed the firehouse dalmatian was the sort of thing you only find…

The Last Arcade in Chinatown – A Trip To Chinatown Fair
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The Last Arcade in Chinatown – A Trip To Chinatown Fair

Note: Chinatown Fair closed for good about two weeks after I posted this article. It’s in Chinatown, and it’s best to visit late on a Friday or Saturday night. From Canal Street, head south on Bowery past Chatham Square… …and turn right onto the dimly lit, deserted Mott Street. It’s at #8 Mott, though you’ll…

Houdini’s Final Vanishing Act in Queens
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Houdini’s Final Vanishing Act in Queens

Cypress Hills Street might as well be called the Graveyard Highway. A wide, four-lane thruway located in Glendale, Queens, it cuts through The Cemetery Belt – a sprawling collection of cemeteries established after the State Rural Cemeteries Act of 1847 forbade the creation of any new cemeteries in Manhattan. I was out there recently to…