A few hundred feet along the southeastern corner of 39th Street and Eighth Avenue may be among the most New York-y stretches of sidewalk ...

Sam Landorf & Co. is the ad most erased by time on the hanging gardens of faded advertising that is the westerly wall of 64-70 W. 36th ...

Of all the old painted advertisements that climb up the west wall of 64-70 W. 36th Street , the Bo Peep Manufacturing Company—second ad fro...

This is my third investigation into the histories behind the puzzlework of faded, painted ads on the west side of the mid-sized brick tower...

This is post two in my search for the histories behind the faded ads that paper the west side wall of 70 W. 36th Street. J.D. Sachs is t...

By some miracle, a entire building wall of faded ads at 70 W. 36 Street between Sixth and Fifth Avenues has survived. There are more than a...

Spanish Taverna, a Garment District standby that I profiled in a July 2009 "Who Goes There?" column, has closed. I can't tell...

Not sure what's going her, but a reader tipped me off to the fact that the D'Aiuto Bakery building in the Garment District is up fo...

Liquor stores are some of the most unheralded relics of old New York. There are dozens of booze shops throughout the boroughs that very lik...

D'Aiuto Bakery. On Eighth Avenue in the Garment District.

What's up with the door at 543 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan? This is the building that holds the infamous Distinguished Wakamba Cocktai...

Whenever I pass Keens Steak House, I pause to admire the old building and its many singular details. The word "Bar" spelled ou...

The Penn Bar and Grill used to be at 31st and Eighth Avenue. It closed for good in 1998 after 51 years. These fine images are from Aonghais ...

My latest "Who Goes There?" column for Eater : Who Goes There? Spanish Taverna Spanish Taverna, which hides on a corner of W. 38th...

I'd like to try one of those breakfast beers. In the Garment District.

Boy, it was chilly last night! How chilly was it? It was so chilly, the cars were wearing coats! I was walking down W. 37th Street near Eigh...

Hello, urbane citizen. Do you enjoy a distinguished cocktail? Then you might enjoy The Distinguished Wakamba Cocktail Lounge, located on sun...

In the middle of noisome Koreatown, at 32 W. 32nd Street, if you crane you neck a bit, you'll see written on the cornice the very posh n...

Who's needs restaurants with no phone number or bars that don't identify themselves as such to the passerby when you've got Lazz...

Anyone seeking a taste of Manhattan before the money markets of the '80s and '90s polished its sidewalks and glass skyscrapers squea...