Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Lady Brokers
Online via ZoomIn 1868, a spirit’s guiding hand led two sisters to New York City, to a home on beautiful Washington Square--an address reserved for the elite of the Gilded Age. Behind […]
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The Greatest 19th c. Photo of Morningside Heights
Online via ZoomOld photographs have captured many stages of the city’s growth that would otherwise have been lost, and the best images from New York’s past can do more than just highlight […]
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Tracing Guastavino Across 5 Decades at St. John the Divine
Online via ZoomCome inside the magnificent structure that is St. John the Divine in Manhattan with Laura Buchner, a Senior Conservator at Building Conservation Associates, Inc., a group which has been part of […]
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Fifth Avenue: History of America’s Street of Dreams
Online via ZoomNew York’s Fifth Avenue is one of the most remarkable thoroughfares in the world. By the end of the 19th century it had become synonymous with the most fashionable lifestyles […]
The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells
Online via ZoomA decade before Agatha Christie entered the scene, another female writer was already queen of the country house murder. Churning out multiple thrillers a year from her Upper West Side […]
Great Blizzard of 1888
Online via ZoomThe Great Blizzard of 1888 was among the first photographed natural disasters in the city’s history. Weather historian Rob Frydlewicz of the NYC Weather Archive blog uses some of the […]
What are Special Districts? A Conversation with George Janes
Online via ZoomIn examining the proposed City of Yes zoning text amendments, the question has been raised about how City of Yes will impact the many Special Purpose Districts across the city. […]
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All the Rage: The Hidden History of the Cycling City
Online via ZoomOver the course of history, countless vehicles have moved across our city. But it is the bicycle that has had the longest running claim to New York’s streets: 200 years […]
The New York Game
Online via ZoomHistorian Kevin Baker (a real major leaguer) returns to LW! with a look at America’s national pastime in the country’s largest city. Visionaries and fixers, heroes and gangsters—both the game and the city had them all. Baker introduces us to the motley/larger-than-life crew of New York hustlers, scalawags, and dreamers who made baseball such a popular and compelling game.