Take Five

… Though they were once common brickpaved streets are pretty hard to find in New York these days A few … me in its own way of when I first experienced the dazzling golden glory of the Golden City of Salamanca in Spain Not … Abraham and Andrew who owned farmland nearby in the mid19th century The boundaries between Bushwick Brooklyn and …

… off the corner of Fourth Avenue the 300 block of Senator Street is the only block in Bay Ridge with brownstones on … both sides of the block At first glance all of the Senator Street houses look exactly alike but take a closer look and … no LPC Historic Districts in southern Brooklyn It was an easy win for the LPC and for reasons of their own they chose …

… are still standing many nearly unchanged on Alexander Avenue between 137th and 141st streets Directly off of the … expressways Now things may be turning around Recently the New York Times Travel section chose the neighborhood as number …

… cemetery and rehabilitation projects such as the Hotel Indigo in the First National State Bank building originally …

… McDougallwhich is how he spelled itcame to the US from a small island off the coast of Scotland when he was just … of New York Not only did he not get a hit musical written about him but his name is misspelled on the street and alley … … From 1949 to 1950 Jackson Pollock lived at number 9 a home borrowed from his friend and benefactor Alfonso Ossorio …

… … 1 More Jews once lived in Harlem than anywhere else in America … In 1917 Harlem was home to the second largest … LaGuardia was their District Leader and Congressman In Central Harlem the population was Germanboth Jewish and … to Fifth Avenue north to the Harlem River the other was Central Harlem 110th Street to 125th Street Fifth Avenue to …

… Gardens was designated as an official landmark by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission so the homes will stay … was demolished in the 20s after suffering the final ignominy of having served as the home of an auto repair shop … 2 … that there was steam heat a gas stove and a laundry in the basement … 4 Even the wall on Chester Court has landmark …