History

AllWaysNY Photomat

14 January 2011

The Parkchester housing development in the Bronx was built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company–the same insurance giant that originally developed Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village, and Riverton Houses in Manhattan. Constructed from 1938 to 1942, this “city within a city” still thrives today and contains many artistic flourishes that distinguish it from its Manhattan [...]

Robert Moses: The Musical?

“His life and his whole persona is just outsize and almost mythic. It’s perfect for portrayal in musical theater…I try to portray the inner man…It’s not black and white — it’s nuanced…His life is just so full of ‘On this hand…but on the other hand…’” That’s how New York composer Gary Fagin described the musical [...]

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Panel on Life & Legacy of Mayor Koch

Tonight the Gotham Center at the CUNY Graduate Center will host a panel discussion, “Ed Koch and the Remaking of New York,” to discuss the mayoralty and legacy of Ed Koch. It will feature author Jonathan Soffer of NYU Polytechnic, who recently released a new biography of Koch, Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New [...]

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Elmhurst Modern

The Elmhurst branch of the former Jamaica Savings Bank is a modern gem that shines across the gray, exhaust-ridden expanse of Queens Boulevard. In its 1967 review of the new building, the New York Times noted that “motorists on Queens Boulevard are doing double-takes as they go through the Elmhurst section near Woodhaven Boulevard,” and [...]

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Back

Well, it’s taken a bit longer than planned, but AllWaysNY is back!

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New York Now: Discussion

Early plans from 1957 for Pan Am’s flying saucer-shaped JFK Terminal 3 (now used by Delta) initially included a whopping nine gate positions. From Beijing to Madrid, cutting-edge designs and innovations are transforming the ways we experience the world’s airports and air travel. How is New York’s airport system, which remains the busiest in the [...]

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Sidewalk in the Sky

Pictured above is not High Line version 1.0, but a bold solution to a growing congestion problem on Broadway circa 1873. When Alfred Speer, a wine merchant and inventor from Passaic opened a store on Broadway near City Hall, he found pedestrians, delivery carts, and omnibus traffic all chaotically jockeying for position on the crowded [...]

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