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The Last Arcade in Chinatown – A Trip To Chinatown Fair
Note: Chinatown Fair closed for good about two weeks after I posted this article. It’s in Chinatown, and it’s best to visit late on a Friday or Saturday night. From Canal Street, head south on Bowery past Chatham Square… …and turn right onto the dimly lit, deserted Mott Street. It’s at #8 Mott, though you’ll…
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Fancy Water Fountains In A NY Public School
I love scouting turn of the century public schools in New York because you find all these neat little details no one would ever think to spend money on today. One bit from a school I scouted recently: all the water fountains had neat tile aches around them… …and in the center, these really fantastic…
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Friday Puzzler Answered!
There were a lot of great answers for Friday’s locations puzzler. “How did you get a photo of my refrigerator?” asked Clazy8. “Taken at the Bowery…picture of a fungus on a homeless person’s toe,” wrote Robert C. “The Statue of Liberty’s underarm hair? She IS French…” suggested Ann Onimous. And of course, “some zombie graveyard…
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Friday Puzzler! Where In NYC Was This Picture Taken?
Hint: Somewhere in Manhattan. Bonus points if you know what it’s a picture of! -SCOUT