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The Evolution of Brooklyn Waterfront's as told by Robert Levine
The Evolution of Brooklyn Waterfront's as told by Robert Levine
Architecture, Real EstateJosh VogelFebruary 29, 2024Comment
1901 Hotel Chastaignery
1901 Hotel Chastaignery
Real Estate, history, Architecture, ContemporaryJosh VogelJune 6, 2023 Comments
Crazy tops: Barbizon Plaza HoteL
Crazy tops: Barbizon Plaza HoteL
Josh VogelMay 3, 2022 Comment
One Boerum
One Boerum
Architecture, Contemporary, Real EstateJosh VogelAugust 31, 2021Comment
Moynihan Train Hall Opening
Moynihan Train Hall Opening
Architecture, Contemporary, Transit, Real EstateJosh VogelDecember 31, 2020Comment
570 Lexington – Electric Top 
570 Lexington – Electric Top 
Real Estate, history, ArchitectureJosh VogelOctober 24, 2020 Comment
Mega Tower Proposed for Roosevelt Island
Mega Tower Proposed for Roosevelt Island
Architecture, Contemporary, Real EstateJosh VogelSeptember 27, 2020Comment
McGraw Hill Building - Functionalism and Modernity with a pinch of Art Deco
McGraw Hill Building - Functionalism and Modernity with a pinch of Art Deco
Architecture, history, Real Estate, ContemporaryJosh VogelSeptember 8, 2020 Comment
Is the BQX Finally Dead?
Is the BQX Finally Dead?
Josh VogelSeptember 3, 2020 Comment
NASCAR ON STATEN ISLAND
NASCAR ON STATEN ISLAND
Architecture, history, Real Estate, TransitJosh VogelAugust 23, 2020 Comments
McCarren Park Pool
McCarren Park Pool
Architecture, Contemporary, historyJosh VogelAugust 10, 2020Comment
A Venetian Palace atop a NYC Skyscraper
A Venetian Palace atop a NYC Skyscraper
Architecture, Contemporary, history, Real EstateJosh VogelAugust 5, 2020 Comment
Airport in Central Park?
Airport in Central Park?
Real Estate, Contemporary, Architecture, history, TransitJosh VogelJuly 31, 2020 Comment
Robert Moses' Low Parkway Bridges
Robert Moses' Low Parkway Bridges
history, TransitJosh VogelJuly 28, 2020 Comments
Queens-Manhattan Bike Bridge
Queens-Manhattan Bike Bridge
Contemporary, TransitAdam ThalenfeldJune 28, 2020Comment
SoHo Street Art
SoHo Street Art
Real Estate, ContemporaryJosh VogelJune 15, 2020Comment
#MapMondays HOLC Redlining Maps
#MapMondays HOLC Redlining Maps
#MapMondaysJosh VogelJune 8, 2020 Comment
Woolworth's 7,500 tons of ornamental terra cotta
Woolworth's 7,500 tons of ornamental terra cotta
history, Real Estate, ArchitectureAdam ThalenfeldMay 30, 2020 Comment
JP MORGAN - 23 WALL ST
JP MORGAN - 23 WALL ST
history, Architecture, Real EstateJosh VogelMay 15, 2020Comment
NYC TO OPEN 100 MILES OF STREETS
NYC TO OPEN 100 MILES OF STREETS
Contemporary, TransitAdam ThalenfeldApril 29, 2020 Comments
Futurama, City of 1960
Futurama, City of 1960
Transit, history, ArchitectureAdam ThalenfeldApril 17, 2020 Comment
The Great Pandemic of 1918
The Great Pandemic of 1918
history, ContemporaryAdam ThalenfeldApril 5, 2020Comment
#MapMondays - Social Distancing Scoreboard
#MapMondays - Social Distancing Scoreboard
#MapMondays, ContemporaryAdam ThalenfeldMarch 30, 2020Comment
#MapMondays – Robert Moses Proposed Expressway
#MapMondays – Robert Moses Proposed Expressway
#MapMondays, history, TransitAdam ThalenfeldMarch 23, 2020Comment
77 Water Rooftop War Plane
77 Water Rooftop War Plane
Architecture, Contemporary, Real EstateAdam ThalenfeldMarch 21, 2020Comment
Why the 2020 Census Matters
Why the 2020 Census Matters
ContemporaryAdam ThalenfeldMarch 19, 2020Comment
#MapMondays - 1969 Subway Extension Plan
#MapMondays - 1969 Subway Extension Plan
Transit, #MapMondays, historyJosh VogelMarch 16, 2020Comment
Skyscraper for Cars
Skyscraper for Cars
history, Real EstateAdam ThalenfeldMarch 11, 2020Comment
On This Day: Pan Am Building Opens Above Grand Central
On This Day: Pan Am Building Opens Above Grand Central
Real Estate, history, ArchitectureAdam ThalenfeldMarch 7, 2020 Comment
Washington Square Park - A History of Activism
Washington Square Park - A History of Activism
history, ContemporaryAdam ThalenfeldMarch 1, 2020Comment
200 Amsterdam Forced to Remove 20 Floors
200 Amsterdam Forced to Remove 20 Floors
Real Estate, Contemporary, ArchitectureJosh VogelFebruary 17, 2020Comment
SHOULD THE SUBWAY BE FREE?
SHOULD THE SUBWAY BE FREE?
Transit, ContemporaryAdam ThalenfeldFebruary 15, 2020 Comment
#MAP MONDAYS – RACIAL DOT MAP
#MAP MONDAYS – RACIAL DOT MAP
Josh VogelFebruary 10, 2020Comment
Vanderbilt Plaza
Vanderbilt Plaza
Contemporary, Real Estate, TransitJosh VogelFebruary 7, 2020Comment
Remembering the Fillmore
Remembering the Fillmore
historyJosh VogelJanuary 30, 2020Comment
Bay Ridge X Astoria Subway Line?
Bay Ridge X Astoria Subway Line?
Transit, ContemporaryJosh VogelJanuary 24, 2020Comment
The Trinity Building
The Trinity Building
history, Architecture, ContemporaryJosh VogelJanuary 23, 2020 Comment
BQX Back in Action
BQX Back in Action
Josh VogelJanuary 10, 2020Comment
8 New Tracks for Penn Station
8 New Tracks for Penn Station
Transit, Real Estate, ContemporaryJosh VogelJanuary 8, 2020Comment
Brooklyn House of Detention Closed
Brooklyn House of Detention Closed
Josh VogelJanuary 3, 2020Comment
On This Day – Manhattan Bridge Opening
On This Day – Manhattan Bridge Opening
Architecture, history, TransitJosh VogelDecember 31, 2019Comment
#MapMondays Dutch and British NYC Maps
#MapMondays Dutch and British NYC Maps
history, #MapMondaysJosh VogelDecember 31, 2019Comment
Subway Bar Car?
Subway Bar Car?
Transit, historyAdam ThalenfeldDecember 26, 2019Comment
Cass Gilbert's West Street Building
Cass Gilbert's West Street Building
history, Architecture, Contemporary, Real EstateAdam ThalenfeldDecember 26, 2019Comment
Rock Center Christmas Tree
Rock Center Christmas Tree
ContemporaryAdam ThalenfeldDecember 25, 2019Comment
Manhattan Municipal Building
Manhattan Municipal Building
Architecture, historyJosh VogelDecember 20, 2019Comment
Towers and a Beach for Williamsburg's Waterfront
Towers and a Beach for Williamsburg's Waterfront
Real Estate, Contemporary, ArchitectureJosh VogelDecember 17, 2019Comment
#OnThisDay Park Slope Plane Crash
#OnThisDay Park Slope Plane Crash
historyJosh VogelDecember 16, 2019Comment
RIVERARCH SKYSCRAPER BRIDGE
RIVERARCH SKYSCRAPER BRIDGE
Architecture, Contemporary, Real Estate, TransitJosh VogelDecember 12, 2019 Comment
A New Brownstone for Bed Stuy
A New Brownstone for Bed Stuy
Architecture, Contemporary, Real EstateJosh VogelDecember 10, 2019Comment
#MapMondays – 1821 Manhattan Grid
#MapMondays – 1821 Manhattan Grid
history, #MapMondaysJosh VogelDecember 9, 2019Comment
AMERICAN GARGOYLES
AMERICAN GARGOYLES
Architecture, history, Contemporary, Real EstateAdam ThalenfeldDecember 8, 2019Comment
Chatham Square Elevateds
Chatham Square Elevateds
Adam ThalenfeldDecember 7, 2019Comment
Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch
Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch
history, ArchitectureJosh VogelDecember 5, 2019Comment
Transfer NYCHA Air Rights?
Transfer NYCHA Air Rights?
Josh VogelDecember 3, 2019Comment
#MapMondays - 1940s Expressway Drawings
#MapMondays - 1940s Expressway Drawings
#MapMondays, history, TransitJosh VogelNovember 25, 2019Comment
Park Ave Modernism
Park Ave Modernism
Josh VogelNovember 20, 2019Comment
New York Unseen
New York Unseen
Contemporary, ArchitectureJosh VogelNovember 18, 2019Comment
909 Third Ave
909 Third Ave
Josh VogelNovember 12, 2019Comment
New York in 2003
New York in 2003
historyJosh VogelNovember 11, 2019 Comment
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