I was scouting near Chelsea the other day, and happened to walk through one of my all-time favorite green spaces in the city: West 28th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues. To properly start the journey into the jungles of West 28th Street, begin on 6th Avenue just south of the McDonalds. There, you’ll find…
Last week, I wrote about a World War I fighter plane on the roof of 77 Water Street. As it turns out, that’s just one of many surprises to be found around the building! As I was waiting for my appointment to check out the plane, I took a few pictures outside the building from…
This property was demolished in April 2013. Growing up in Massachusetts, there was never any shortage of ghost houses: crumbling, hundred year-old derelicts that would fuel many a sleepover double-dog-dare (“I double dog dare to you to knock on the door!” “No way!” “Wuss!”). One of my favorites was just a few blocks from my…
Last week, I got an email from photographer Thanassi Karageorgiou about a really cool little find on Sixth Avenue at 43rd Street. Grace Plaza, above the School at the International Center of Photography, is currently undergoing renovations. But, if you take a moment to look at the construction wall…
From the 20’s-30’s, First Avenue is better known as Hospital Row. Lined with numerous medical facilities, including Bellevue and NYU Hospital, there are a lot of fascinating buildings to be found… …but my favorite is the old Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital at 30th & 1st: Bellevue Psych is one of those buildings that looks absolutely beautiful…
I swear, I’ve taken the East 37th Street exit from the Midtown Tunnel a zillion times over the years and I’ve never noticed it before… Which, frankly makes sense: look down the rest of 37th Street from 3rd Ave and you’d never know anything is out of the ordinary. But yesterday, stuck in traffic and…
For the longest time, I’ve wondered about that odd little building at the corner of Commerce Street and Seventh Avenue South. Shaped like a triangle, it occupies one of the weirdest plots of land in New York… …and even has one of the few white picket fences in the city! 46 Seventh Ave South was…
I noticed something really cool while driving home through Greenpoint the other night… Some guy painted his truck to look like a subway car! Not only is the train layout pretty darn accurate… …it’s made even cooler by the awesome 70’s/80’s-style graffiti on its sides! Seriously, how great is this? Both sides of the train…
Chances are, you’ve noticed Greenwich Locksmiths in your travels through the West Village. It occupies a small storefront just south of Commerce Street on one of the stranger parcels of land in Manhattan… And though it’s been in business since 1968, it really hasn’t changed all that much. Compare the recent picture above to one…
If you’re ever up at Riverside Park around Grant’s Tomb, be sure to take a moment and visit a slightly smaller grave nearby. Consisting of a simple urn and pedestal surrounded by a small fence, it’s easy to miss if you’re not looking for it… But in a way, it’s a pretty important monument: this…