Follow the yellow brick: Tracing Ridgewood's history through a single picturesque block

… and Ridgewood Queens have been fluid throughout the citys history The full length of Stockholm Street runs through … crisis because of it It is impossible to talk about the history of the two neighborhoods without acknowledging that … that can now scarcely be estimated They got that right An article in the Record almost 40 years later reported that an …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 9:00AM
Senator Street in Bay Ridge: A historic block without landmark protections

… off the corner of Fourth Avenue the 300 block of Senator Street is the only block in Bay Ridge with brownstones on … of the block At first glance all of the Senator Street houses look exactly alike but take a closer look and youll … that distinguish one from the next All but two of the 40 houses in the row were built by the same firm Brownstone was …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 26, 2017 - 9:00AM
Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… most healthful cheerful economical and easily accessible homes that have ever been known   More than 100 years later … Historic District The Mott Haven East Historic District a second historic district designated in 1994  is made up …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
MacDougal Alley: A small downtown mews filled with NYC art history

… … From 1949 to 1950 Jackson Pollock lived at number 9 a home borrowed from his friend and benefactor Alfonso Ossorio … in a Japanese internment camp in Arizona where he hoped to improve conditions moved to a home and studio number 33 The building is no longer standing …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 14, 2017 - 2:59PM
Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

… If youre walking down East 136th Street between Willis Avenue and Brook Avenue in the Mott … the 1800s the area was bustling with lumber yards saw mills stone yards and several piano factories   … 2 Its most … street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

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