# Forgotten New York

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'''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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', ''[New York Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News)'', and other publications. He has appeared on ''[The Brian Lehrer Show](/source/The_Brian_Lehrer_Show)'', ''The [Frank Morano](/source/Frank_Morano) Program'', and online radio hosted by [Mike Edison](/source/Mike_Edison).{{citation needed|date=February 2026}}

On March 2, 2015, the [Guides Association of New York City](/source/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](/source/Forgotten_Chicago)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://forgotten-ny.com Forgotten New York]
* [https://astorialic.org Greater Astoria Historical Society]

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