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Follow the yellow brick: Tracing Ridgewood's history through a single picturesque block
By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 9:00AM
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Pirates, glue factories, and mob graves: Blissville is Queens's dumping ground
By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM
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Senator Street in Bay Ridge: A historic block without landmark protections
By Marjorie Cohen |October 26, 2017 - 9:00AM
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Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… I n a history of the Bronx written in 1897 Mott Haven was described as having the … are still standing many nearly unchanged on Alexander Avenue between 137th and 141st streets Directly off of the … on the avenue is about to be repurposed … The library branch on Alexander Avenue opened in 1905 It was the first …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
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Explore Newark's unsung historic districts
By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM
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MacDougal Alley: A small downtown mews filled with NYC art history
By Marjorie Cohen |March 14, 2017 - 2:59PM
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5 secrets of Harlem's Sugar Hill
By Virginia K. Smith |February 24, 2017 - 12:59PM
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Looking back at Harlem's history as a major Jewish enclave
By Marjorie Cohen |January 25, 2017 - 8:59AM
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Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM
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Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC
By Marjorie Cohen |December 22, 2016 - 9:12AM