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...

La Traviata, a mainstay of Brooklyn Heights' Montague Street shopping strip for 34 years, has closed. Apparently, it shuttered last Nov...

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...

The Happy End Diner of Greenpoint looks older than its 20 years. The wonderful semi-circular counter and stools inside, in particular, make...

Heavily Polish Greenpoint is where you would find a funeral parlor named Mizgalski. On Java Street, off Manhattan Avenue, was were the mo...

Bill's Gay Nineties closes on Saturday, March 24, possibly forever. The owners are talking about finding a new space, and they may. But...

I was looking at this monolith, the Baruch College Academic Complex, on Lexington and 24th, the other day and thought I hated it. How obnox...

Can't remember if I've ever said so before. But the Old Town Bar has one of the best signs in the city.

The George Washington Hotel on Lexington just above 23rd is now a residence hall for School of Visual Arts students. On the outside, it...