Boss Tweed and 19 Months that Changed Central Park

Boss Tweed and 19 Months that Changed Central Park

LW! is doing a little time traveling to explore the darker side of the development of Central Park. It is somewhat miraculous that the park even exists, as back in the 1850s real estate developers and politicians were just as cozy as today. Add in the nefarious reign...
Boss Tweed: New York’s Corruption King

Boss Tweed: New York’s Corruption King

Tuesday, November 19th 6:30-7:45pm  35 W. 67th St. 19th-century New York City was ruled by a turbulent combination of money and politics that came together, notoriously, in the infamous Tammany Hall and William M. “Boss” Tweed. His very name has become synonymous with...