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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

… Two short blocks from the justrenovated Bay Ridge Parkway subway stop … of Brooklyn these buildings gave the owners the chance to live comfortably indeed almost elegantly on the first two … pooled their money to create the first notforprofit coop in NYC The Brooklyn Eagle described Eisenlas firm as being …

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

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

… borough historian and author of The Bronx The Ultimate Guide to New York Citys Beautiful Borough Although there are … Edward D Bertine One of the reasons this short street was designated the Bertine Block Historic District back in 1994 … the mix on the block was professional in the singlefamily homes and working class in the tenements An LPC repor t …

By Marjorie Cohen |December 22, 2016 - 9:12AM