Odds and Ends: St. Marks, 1930s Harlem, Fernando Wood
Above: A shave for 15 cents and a haircut for a quarter, found in Harlem on 422-424 Lenox Avenue, photographed
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Partners In Preservation
Odds and ends: Grant winners and a Bowery Boys interview
These doors just won a lot of grant money. (Photo by Wurts Brothers, NYPL) The votes have been counted, and
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Henry Street Settlement: From the doors of old townhouses springs the compassionate heart of the Lower East Side
Children gallivant and pose for pictures outside 265 Henry Street, date unknown (Courtesy Henry Street Settlement) FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Until May
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Partners In Preservation – One week left to help a landmark!
Fit for a queen: Cleopatra’s Needle, Central Park’s Egyptian obelisk, is one of the nominees in the PIP initiative (Picture
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Nostalgia for Astoria Pool, an early Robert Moses project with a high diving, Olympic-sized history
Mermaidens: Five sisters in bathing suits pose on steps of Astoria Pool, circa 1938. Courtesy the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
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The secrets of St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, and uncovering the East Village footprint of Peter Stuyvesant
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Until May 21st, you can vote every day in the Partners In Preservation initiative, which will award grant money
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Camera Ready: The Alice Austen House, a rustic reminder of an uncommon artist and a cottage shrine to a life in pictures
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Until May 21st, you can vote every day in the Partners In Preservation initiative, which will award grant money
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Partners In Preservation: Help out a NYC landmark!
For almost five years, we have been extolling the virtues of New York’s greatest and most treasured landmarks in our
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History in the Making: Double Decker Delight Edition
Ladies in their most decorative hats enjoy a sunny ride from a double-decker in the fleet of the Fifth Avenue Coach
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