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

… themselves Bodies were ferried from Manhattan across the East River and down Newtown Creek By 1850 there were as many … is a popular movie and television location Bruce Waynes parents and Spidermans Uncle Ben are buried there and it is … and it claims to be the largest manufacturer of Statue of Liberty models in the world   … I n 1989 Hank Linhart walked …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM
Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… To many Newark NJ is the name in front of an airport a place for a Portuguese food crawl or the passing backdrop for the … according to income The marketrate apartments are fully rented out with prices ranging from  $1735 for some  studios … is now a gated community of  luxury duplex apartment rentals  with units starting at $1475 a month  … This 1920 …

By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… Scott Dolkart professor of historic preservation at Columbia University School of Architecture Planning and … land that Collins acquired when he bought the parcel was a  mansion that had been built in the late 18th or early 19th … the crashing of waves at the ocean … 5 A brand new 23floor rental building towers over teenytiny Chester Court … The …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM
Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

… line the thoroughfare known as the Bertine Block Historic District Its the brick work and architectural detail that … Borough Although there are 31 buildings in the historic district including numbers 408 to 412 which were the first … the Bronx       … 5 … Modern day Bertines are building new apartments and attracting new residents to a changing Mott …

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