I've added Pattell and Waterman's History of New York site to the blogroll on the right. They've linked to me in the past and I...

Here are some houses scattered across Port Richmond that I find attractive. They're just regular homes, none of particular historic or ...

NE corner of Bennett and Port Richmond Avenues, 1905 - Masonic Hall - same place, 2011 Once upon a time Americans bonded with each other a...

The first of several planned posts on Port Richmond . Without a doubt Port Richmond has the potential to be the greatest neighborhood on ...

97-99 Water Street, Stapleton - 1931 When I was a kid Chinese restaurants were not that common and many tended to be of the Jade Island ...

He did tons and tons of great music but it's going to be the Bond stuff that people will most remember. The swagger in the music compl...

I wasn't a particular fan of his solo work but with Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy he burned up the stage.

The Home of Domenico Rorengo (according to 1917 maps) - pictured in 1932 Here's a interesting home that once stood at the end of Bu...

In one of last December's posts I wrote about about Miss Anne Flemming Cameron's wedding in 1895. It mentioned that she and the we...

A quick display looking south at the east side of York Avenue between E. Buchanan and Carlyle Streets. Once upon a time York Avenue was a ...

West side of Harbor Road between Leyden and Richmond Terr. - Apr 23, 1932 View Larger Map Same view today These shots of Harbor Road in Ma...

East side of Van Pelt Avenue looking north to the Terrace View Larger Map Same view (more or less) today - much of the detail appears to h...

I was informed by Mrs. B. about the Museum of New York's photo archives when she sent me the following picture asking if I knew what chu...

A new link to the right - the Museum of the City of New York . The assortment of Staten Island pictures is greatly limited but it is a nice...

1928 - The Stokes Mansion two years prior to its demolition. A close look reveals a collapsing roof on the sun room in on the center first ...

The Bayonne Bridge is one of the beautiful municipal structures that remain from a lost golden age. It drive past it several times a wee...