CORVINGTONS. When a long reach is needed
Forgotten New York - Once upon a time, New York City avenues were dominated by a long-armed, chocolate-colored cast-iron pole that my fellow lamppost maven Jeff Saltzman (whose site you can reach here)...
View ArticleTHE BRIDGE TO NASSAU COUNTY
Forgotten New York - Forgotten Fan Jeff Saltzman (of the Streetlite Nuts website) accompanied me in the summer of 2000 on a tour of the tiny neighborhoods, barely in Queens, that cluster around...
View ArticleA LAST ROCKAWAY CORVINGTON
Forgotten New York - For perhaps seven decades it stood sentinel on Rockaway and New York Boulevards, where New York City slowly began to fade out and Nassau County began to fade in. When this Type...
View ArticleROSEDALE, Queens
Forgotten New York - QUIET, suburban Rosedale is clustered along the Queens-Nassau County border, between Laurelton in the west and Valley Stream and Woodmere in the east. When visiting the area a...
View ArticleMERCURY FALLING: 1960s luminaires disappearing, in NYC at least
Forgotten New York - In 1963, the life of a 6-year-old lamppost enthusiast changed irrevocably: the cast iron Type 24M “Corvington” poles that had dominated the streets of Bay Ridge disappeared...
View ArticlePONDS OF EASTERN QUEENS Part 1
Forgotten New York - BY SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY contributor Queens is a borough containing many streams. It has numerous creeks, basins, inlets, bays, and rivers. Deeper inland are a few ponds,...
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Forgotten New York - CONTINUED FROM PART 1 Continuing south on Cross Island Parkway, the roadway briefly sneaks into Nassau County, and then straightens south of Belmont Racetrack, neatly delineating...
View ArticleQUEENS-NASSAU LINE, Part 4
Forgotten New York - My pointless peregrinations along the Queens-Nassau line, through Little Neck, Bellerose/Floral Park, and Cambria Heights/Elmont then brought me to the undefended border of...
View ArticleTHE BRIDGE TO NASSAU COUNTY
Forgotten New York - Forgotten Fan Jeff Saltzman (of the Streetlite Nuts website) accompanied me in the summer of 2000 on a tour of the tiny neighborhoods, barely in Queens, that cluster around...
View ArticleROSEDALE, Queens
Forgotten New York - QUIET, suburban Rosedale is clustered along the Queens-Nassau County border, between Laurelton in the west and Valley Stream and Woodmere in the east. When visiting the area a...
View ArticlePONDS OF EASTERN QUEENS Part 1
Forgotten New York - BY SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY contributor Queens is a borough containing many streams. It has numerous creeks, basins, inlets, bays, and rivers. Deeper inland are a few ponds,...
View ArticlePONDS OF EASTERN QUEENS Part 2
Forgotten New York - CONTINUED FROM PART 1 Continuing south on Cross Island Parkway, the roadway briefly sneaks into Nassau County, and then straightens south of Belmont Racetrack, neatly delineating...
View ArticleQUEENS-NASSAU LINE, Part 4
Forgotten New York - My pointless peregrinations along the Queens-Nassau line, through Little Neck, Bellerose/Floral Park, and Cambria Heights/Elmont then brought me to the undefended border of...
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