Urban Gadabout: Last call for Jack Eichenbaum's big day on the L train (this Saturday!)

With the rapid gentrification of Williamsburg, then Bushwick, and continuing farther out on the line, NYC's L train has gone from a forl...

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Urban Gadabout: A fall gadding preview

With Wolfe Walkers update: Oh no, it's the final season! Yes! On Oct 22 Jack Eichenbaum is doing another of his day-long explorations of...

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So I'm D.C.-bound -- all I have to do is catch my 3am train

The great John Russell Pope's National Archives Building (1931-35), one of the landmarks mentioned in Francis Morrone's description ...

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Maybe the best reason to spread word of Nancy Reagan's first home is that she doesn't seem to like people knowing

Justin's caption: "Though this modest 2-story frame house with yellow siding at 149-14 Roosevelt Avenue, between 149th Street and 1...

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Urban Gadabout: Return to Queens's historic First Calvary Cemetery

Plus: Where was Nancy Reagan born? In Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City (Queens), with a familiar skyline in the distance. Photo by Mitch W...

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