Some of the letters in this Gertel’s sign don’t look like they light up, yet that’s okay. Seeing the words “bakery” and “luncheon” one on top of the other in that old-time font more than makes up for it.
Luncheon: This old-school word is disappearing...
When you think of the criminal gangs of New York in the 1800s, ruthless young men probably come to mind.
But these gangs had female members as well, some of whom were notorious fighters.
There was Hell-Cat Maggie, a member of the Irish-American Dead...
The rent for these big duplex lofts (Spiral staircase! Full kitchen!) sounds pretty cheap today.
But in July 1984, when this ad ran in the East Village Eye, wouldn’t $1150 and $1300 a month be kind of on the pricey side?
I wonder what the location...
Here is bustling, turn of the century Lower Manhattan, before skyscrapers. The Woolworth Building won’t be built for another seven years. The Williamsburg Bridge is just three years old; the Manhattan Bridge is three years away.
Shipping is still the...
These 19th century–looking numbers and letters on random buildings give the city such an old-timey vibe. A terra cotta relief on East Ninth Street marks a particularly lovely apartment building:
No. 1 Sylvan Terrace, in Harlem, has a very colonial...
