A Haunting Look Inside the Lusitania
The Lusitania gets dwarfed by recollections of the Titanic. But in many ways, the destruction of the Cunard Line’s premier ocean
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Chelsea Piers
Chelsea Piers: New York City
in the Age of the Ocean Liner
PODCAST The Chelsea Piers were once New York City’s portal to the world, a series of long docks along the west
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The Lusitania’s final voyage, breathlessly told
They said the Lusitania couldn’t be sunk. The German telegrams to the contrary were merely cheap scare tactics. Besides, England will provide
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Voyage into war: New Yorkers enlist for France a century ago
Men and women aboard La Lorraine, heading to France and the prospects of a grave war. War was newly ablaze
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In 1863, the Russians invaded New York City
In 1863, New Yorkers flocked to the waterfront to see a startling sight — Russian war ships in New York
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Where golf balls fly: Pier 59 at Chelsea Piers
The West Side Elevated Highway zooms past Pier 59, still in operation but long past her prime. (1951) Courtesy NYPL
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Bowery Boys On The Go: History of NYC Transportation
Wheels converge: Motor buggies, horse drawn carriages and other conveyances glide and to and from the railroad terminal ferry station
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Know Your Mayors: George B. McClellan Jr.
Our modest little series about some of the greatest, notorious, most important, even most useless, mayors of New York City.
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The boat that keeps on sinking
The Carpathia docks off of Pier 54, emptied of its cargo of Titanic survivors Ninety-six years ago today, the RMS
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