Reader Emails About The Little Abandoned Terra-Cotta Building!
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Reader Emails About The Little Abandoned Terra-Cotta Building!

I was thrilled that so many of you love the little building under the 59th Street bridge as much as I do. I received a bunch of emails about the old Terra-Cotta Works, including one from someone whose great great grandfather worked there from around 1910 to 1920 and took of the building when it…

How To Leave New York via 1940: Scouting LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal
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How To Leave New York via 1940: Scouting LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal

If you ever want to experience what flying was like in the 1940’s, simply take a trip to the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia: Built in 1939 to handle sea planes, the art deco Marine Air Terminal is New York’s only surviving terminal from the first generation of air travel… …and very little has changed…