Pirates, glue factories, and mob graves: Blissville is Queens's dumping ground

… industrial hub most of Blissville today is occupied by warehouses auto repair shops and yes there are still some … is now largely unknown and ignored even by those who live in the nearby neighborhoods of Long Island City and Greenpoint When Miguel Cavanzos who lived in Blissville for five years went before Community …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM
Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… architects of the second half of the 19th century many with custom interiors   They were bought by affluent families … placed under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Street Improvements somewhat equivalent to todays borough president …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… of the Forest Hill Historic District He added the buildings are timeless architectural works of art that have a huge … as unsafe hinders people from seeing its beauty People are hurting themselves by not coming here There are so many …   … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline   … Live … historic district … New Jersey … Take Five … Explore …

By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM
MacDougal Alley: A small downtown mews filled with NYC art history

… the unexpected included pursuing a career in sculpture and buying a studio at number 19 MacDougal Alley to do just that … organized at least 10 exhibitions each season for what was then known as the Whitney Studio By 1928 Gertrude …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 14, 2017 - 2:59PM
5 secrets of Harlem's Sugar Hill

… in February 2017 … While many of us know it for its Harlem Renaissance history and its immortalization in Take … to shop it around to location scouts ASAP Photo via Harlem + Bespoke … The areas also home to its own allegedly … Gang never lived here … Were willing to bet that for a lot of people of a certain age the first time they ever …

By Virginia K. Smith |February 24, 2017 - 12:59PM
Looking back at Harlem's history as a major Jewish enclave

… of Jewish History at Yeshiva University wrote When Harlem was Jewish a book about the Jews who lived uptown … released his second tome about the neighborhood The Jews of Harlem the Rise Decline and Revival of a Jewish Community which takes up where the last one left off with lots more anecdotes and fewer numbers than the first   …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 25, 2017 - 8:59AM