New York City has always been a city in motion — forever reinventing itself, tearing down the old to make room for whatever comes next.
Over time, the once-ubiquitous elevated trains disappeared underground. Horses gave way to automobiles. Factories and warehouses became coveted lofts. Neighborhoods changed names, faces and fortunes.
But the city that never sleeps, as historians would agree, is terrible at letting go completely.
Look closely and you’ll find the ghosts of its former selves still woven into the cityscape: tiny signs cemented into buildings that once told elevated-train passengers where they were, metal stars quietly holding brick…
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