1280 Richmond Terrace, 1931    This simple and attractive house sits on the sharp bend in Richmond Terrace at the foot of Pelton Avenue.  ...

618 Delafield Avenue, July, 1932      Described as a mansion on the NYPL site, this once ornate home sits on Delafield Avenue near Clove Ro...

  For those in the know, this blog's Staten Island focus started with big ideas regarding something I called "the Church Project...

  One of the games I play (in my head) is deciding whether or not a particular house might be haunted.  Sometimes it's an easier call to...

  So we (the luminous Mrs. V. and I) bought a decent Canon camera this summer and I intend to use it to revitalize this site and help out t...

69 Delafield Place - btw Davis and Bard Avenues - 1931    This beautiful stone house is the centerpiece of a hidden treasure (well not s...

587 Delafield Avenue (off Broadway), August 1932    Delafield Avenue is an interesting street.  Like West New Brighton overall it runs ...

Erie-Lackawanna tugboat, Richmond Terrace and Bement Avenue    My grandfather, the late Holger Anderson, was many things in his li...

   I just came across a new (to me) site called SiTreasure .  It's run by Angela D'Aiuto, a real estate saleswoman and community act...

Civil Courthouse at Castleton and Bement    So, Rosebank turned out to be a bit of a bust. Not enough decent free pictures to put up fo...

Some might argue that Belair Road is really part of Shore Acres. Feh. For me, Shore Acres only includes that area between Bay Street and t...

Yesterday, the NY Daily News ran a nice article highlighting the best of Stapleton's beautiful homes. There were good pictures and info...

Reynolds Street, 1934 - looking east from Bell Street to St. Mary's Avenue View Larger Map To the southeast of the intersection of T...

When I was young, every Thursday night, my grandfather would take my mom and my aunt grocery shopping at the A&P in Rosebank . It was...

Even the "new" sign doesn't look that new anymore Like a beacon of decay towering over the avenue I guess when a store is ...

Have some nice pictures to post and either CSI's wifi connection is busticated or blogger's acting all crazy like. Either way, no p...