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Are Parks for Strolling or Sports? In New York, It's Complicated.
NEW YORK — When the Thunderbolts, a junior varsity flag football team, straggled onto the field in Manhattan’s East River Park the other day, the coach for the opposing team was clearly frustrated; his players had resorted to scrimmaging among themselves.
The Miraculous Revival of the Last Fire Watchtower (Built in 1856)
NEW YORK — Four years ago things were not looking good for the Harlem fire watchtower.
End of an era for the flatiron building
NEW YORK — Ever since the Flatiron Building was erected at the foot of Madison Square Park in Manhattan in 1902, it has brimmed with tenants, most of which were small businesses.
Toxic threat beneath south street seaport
NEW YORK — In an area as old as the South Street Seaport, a part of lower Manhattan that dates to the 17th century, historic remnants are bound to turn up from time to time. A wooden ship was unearthed on Water Street in 1981. A stoneware jug was discovered on Pearl Street where a boardinghouse stood in the early 1800s.
Real estate for the afterlife
If the ever-soaring price of condos in New York City has your head spinning, wait until you shop for a cemetery plot.
The church with the $6 billion portfolio
NEW YORK — Since the blockbuster musical “Hamilton,” tourists have been swarming Trinity Church, part of an Episcopal parish in Lower Manhattan that dates to the 17th century.
