A gentle reminder to get those taxes filed, and a teaser for a new post coming later this week.  Stay tuned... "Income Tax E-File,...

The late great McHale's Bar and Grill, formerly at 46th and 8th, is known to some of us as a place we either went or (in my case) wish w...

Some weeks ago, while stealing back toward the 8th Avenue subway from my farewell visit to the now-vanished Famous Oyster Bar , I happened u...

Almost any time I need to track down an old photo of anything in New York, I go to the New York Public Library's incredible collection ...

There's not much to say about the self-proclaimed Famous Oyster Bar of midtown, except that its signs had been among my very favorite th...

A dormant Facebook "Community" page honors one of my favorite vanished signs: that of the Penn Bar & Grill, which formerly pr...

There are certain signs around town that stand out, literally.  Not because they're old, but because they physically project out farther...