tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287621862024-02-08T04:05:47.590-08:00New York BitsJames W. Pharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973590650085722342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28762186.post-55783502734860268622008-04-04T08:45:00.000-07:002008-04-04T08:47:13.971-07:00E. 106thStEast 106th St., from Fifth Ave at least over to Lex, was (and may still be) the path of a creek that drains out of Harlem Meer in Central Part. If you drive over it today, it somehow seems especially spacious...James W. Pharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973590650085722342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28762186.post-1148613270102644402006-05-25T20:12:00.000-07:002006-10-19T14:43:52.142-07:00Welcome to NY BitsThis is a blog for people to post interesting info about NYC. For example, Canal St. is named for the canal that runs under it that drains a spring that fed a pond that used to be where the courthouses are in lower Manhattan. The pond was called the Collect Pond.James W. Pharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973590650085722342noreply@blogger.com0