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Hart Island’s Last Stand

After years of study, the city has declared an emergency to bulldoze most of the buildings on the city’s potter’s field, without following the usual environmental review process. Source: New York Times

Preserving New York’s Ties to the Underground Railroad

Safe houses and other structures used in the fight against slavery were often clandestine, and survivors today can be difficult to document. But there’s a 19th-century house in Washington Heights … Source: New York Times

There's not much left of the former St. Denis Hotel on Broadway

There’s not much left of the former St. Denis Hotel on Broadway [Photo by Dave on 7th]Workers have been slowing bringing down the historic St. Denis building, 799 Broadway at 11th Street.The above photo via Dave on 7th shows what’s…