Tag Archives: Stuyvesant Town

14th St: Border Politics (Avenue C to 1st)

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 7 photos.

North of 14th Street sits one of the most iconic and architecturally imposing private housing projects in New York City – Stuyvesant Town. Named after Peter Stuyvesant, the last Director-General of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, the complex opened … Continue reading →

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Manhattan in 12 Streets: 14th St – State of the Union, or Swinging Both Ways

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 3 photos.

14th Street is an intriguingly in-between kind of street in New York.  For starters, 14th Street plays host to the L train – one of the few subway lines that cuts across Manhattan rather than along, and which shuttles New … Continue reading →

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