The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel. Spooky. The Atlantic Avenue Subway Tunnel It is not often in the city of New York these days that a regular guy can truly influence the history of the city. But Bob Diamond is just one of those people. The story of the Atlantic Avenue subway tunnel is one that […]
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Abandoned City Hall Subway Station, 2010 by James Maher. The Old City Hall Subway Station (*I write these articles because I love the city and the incredible stories behind each grand structure. You can help support my photography by purchasing an archival print of the City Hall Station for your home. Photos with links
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Chrysler Building Spire, 2010 by James Maher. (*Photos with links below them are for sale. Architectural detail shots and lobby shots below.) A Jewel in the Sky: The Chrysler Building The Chrysler Building is an example of a building caught up in the quest to become the tallest in the world, which it obtained
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Brooklyn Bridge During Snowstorm at Sunset, 2010 by James Maher. (*I write these articles because I love the city and the incredible stories behind each grand structure. You can help support my photography by purchasing an archival print of the Bridge for your home. Photos with links below them are for sale.) The History and
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Jacob Riis: Three Urchins Huddling for Warmth in Window Well on NY’s Lower East Side, 1889 History of NY Photography: Documenting the Social Scene Beginning in the late 19th century, with the emergence of organized social reform movements and the creation of inexpensive means of creating reproducing photographs, a form of social photography began
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Grand Central Terminal, History and Photography What Lies Under Grand Central? 10 stories under Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal is a network of activity. Known as M42 and kept top-secret until 1980’s, the hidden room powers Grand Central’s train network with massive AC/DC rotaries and is not shown on any maps or blueprints. However, as
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Goodbye old young friend. Let me give you all a piece of wisdom that I recently learned the hard way. If you go on a fishing trip called ‘Hit em’ Hard’ and the captain tells you that you should take your bag off and put it in the ‘dry container’, what he really means by
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The Alwyn Court, built in 1908 on 58th street and 7th avenue (one block south of Central Park) has one of the most ornate exteriors in the entire city. Whether you consider it to be majestic or gaudy, it is one of the most interesting pieces of New York architectural history that the city has
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