'''Forgotten New York''' is a website created by Kevin Walsh (born c. 1958)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2019/04/06/forgotten-new-yorks-epic-20-year-journey-into-nycs-past/|first=Hana R.|last=Alberts|title=Forgotten New York's epic 20-year journey into NYC's past|newspaper=New York Post|date=April 6, 2019|access-date=February 27, 2026}}</ref> in 1999, chronicling the unnoticed and unchronicled aspects of New York City such as painted building ads, decades-old cast iron lampposts, 18th-century houses, abandoned subway stations, trolley track remnants, out-of-the-way neighborhoods, and flashes of nature hidden in the midst of the big city.<ref name="gg">{{Cite news|url=http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/fea/20070319/202/2123|title=The Price of Progress?|access-date=March 3, 2008|date=March 19, 1997|website=Gotham Gazette}}</ref> In 2003, HarperCollins approached Walsh with the idea of turning the website into a book; ''Forgotten New York'' was published in September 2006.{{citation needed|date=February 2026}}
Walsh released ''Forgotten Queens'', a collaboration with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, in December 2013 on Arcadia Books, and is currently composing a book proposal for a second Forgotten New York book. He has hosted more than 150 live tours and is working on mounting ongoing online tours.{{citation needed|date=February 2026}}
Walsh has contributed to the book "New York Calling," edited by Brian Berger (2007) and has written articles for ''The New York Times'', ''New York Daily News'', and other publications. He has appeared on ''The Brian Lehrer Show'', ''The Frank Morano Program'', and online radio hosted by Mike Edison.{{citation needed|date=February 2026}}
On March 2, 2015, the Guides Association of New York City awarded Forgotten New York its first Outstanding New York Website award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/nyregion/thecity/29shad.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1|title=Children of Darkness|access-date=March 3, 2008|date=July 29, 2007|first=Gibberd|last=Ben|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Forgotten New York: Views of a Lost Metropolis| last=Walsh| first=Kevin| year=2006| pages=[https://archive.org/details/forgottennewyork00wals/page/384 384]| publisher=Collins| isbn=0060754001| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/forgottennewyork00wals/page/384}}</ref>
==See also== *Forgotten Chicago
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==External links== * [https://forgotten-ny.com Forgotten New York] * [https://astorialic.org Greater Astoria Historical Society]
Category:History websites of the United States Category:History of New York City Category:Urban exploration in the United States Category:Internet properties established in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in New York City