McKim, Mead & White: The Early Years

McKim, Mead & White: The Early Years

Everyone starts somewhere-even lauded Starchitects like the trio of McKim, Mead & White. Individually, they were rather undistinguished as young men. How did they ever become the gold standard of American architecture? Architectural historian Prof. Mosette...
New York Exposed: When Any Crime Had its Price in the Gilded Age

New York Exposed: When Any Crime Had its Price in the Gilded Age

Historian Daniel Czitrom isn’t particularly shocked by today’s headlines. Vote suppression, police violence, the influence of partisan politics on municipal services: the author of New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal That Launched the Progressive...
Home Sweet Mansion

Home Sweet Mansion

Home Sweet Mansion: A Peek into the Domestic Lives of Gilded Age New Yorkers  Tuesday, March 5th 6:30-7:45pm  35 W. 67th Street 2-for-1 Tickets for Partner-level Members! It was good to be a prosperous New Yorker in the late 19th century: beautiful clothing, expensive...