The popular cheese cake emporium, Junior’s, which has been on Flatbush Avenue since 1950 has decided not to move or allow developers build on top of it. Good for them. The owner, Alan Rosen, seen above, stood up to the developer powers to be and said that he owns not...
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Dairy restaurants, which use to number in the 100’s, are now few and far between. They originally were established to confirm with Kosher laws and customs specifically the prohibition against mixing milk and meat products. One of the few left is the B&H...
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Some fantastic color films (not videos) of New York 1959-1960. Check out the pictures of the Stock Exchange and how everything transaction was done manually by phone and paper. Also look at the pictures of Little Italy. I have memories of this (I was only 5 years old)...
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inothernews: “I believe in Nate Silver. I believe in Nate Silver. I believe in Nate Silver.” David Axelrod is someone who I grew up with and was, is and will be a great guy. Maybe its not one of his better pictures but still someone who you can be proud of. His...
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Since everyone is splashing each other with ice water to support research into ALS or as was also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, I thought I would show you a picture of the actual Lou Gehrig playing baseball for the Columbia baseball team at Columbia at what is now...
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The one question that I never answer on any of my tours is “Where is the best bagel in New York?” Why, because every New Yorker has his/her own opinion about where you can find the best one. This argument has gone on since the introduction of this piece of doughy...
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