On lower Stone Street (not the cool section lined with bars and favored by brokers), under some scaffolding, there is a narrow operation ...

Everyone knows the White Horse Tavern on Hudson Street, the century-old-plus haunt of writers, singers and anarchists, last drinking spot...

The wonderful cemetery at lower Manhattan's old Trinity Church was open to the public the other day, so I took took the chance to roam ...

It makes me a little sad when I look down at this old timepiece, inlaid into the sidewalk at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane, becaus...

The old U.S.  Custom House at the foot of Broadway is one of the most beautiful buildings in New York, and, sadly, one of the least visited...

I doubt if many Century 21 shoppers have noticed—gotta keep your focus forward when bargain shopping—but that beloved downtown shopping mec...

I like this double storefront on Nassau Street. It possessed a unique entry system that must have been fairly common at one point, but now i...

On Park Row, opposite City Hall.

Also a confusing sign. Does anyone know anything about what this store was/is? On Ann Street in downtown Manhattan. Right across from the ba...

The Killarney Rose has been holding up its corner of Pearl Street in lower Manhattan for 41 years.

I know its a peep show, but it's still a great sign. More in the character of an old Garment District business, than an XXX concern in t...