New York City and the Inauguration of George Washington
PODCAST Part One of our two-part series on New York City in the years following the Revolutionary War. The story
Read morePODCAST Part One of our two-part series on New York City in the years following the Revolutionary War. The story
Read moreJames Earle Fraser’s colossal Washington statue out in Queens. (NYPL) Tomorrow (April 30th) is the 225th anniversary of the inauguration
Read moreThe Van Cortlandt House, 1906PODCAST This is the Bowery Boys 7th annual Halloween podcast, with four new scary stories to
Read moreThe Astor House was New York City’s first great hotel, opened in 1836 by John Jacob Astor himself, a premier
Read moreI found this advertisement in an issue of the New York Tribune from one hundred years ago: Although the famous Underwood
Read moreThe bulky and yet somewhat elegant contraption above is the short-lived Loew Bridge, which once hung over Broadway at Fulton
Read moreAbove: The seemingly unchanged Trinity in 1916, already dwarfed by skyscrapers PODCAST Trinity Church, with its distinctive spire staring down
Read moreI would love to somehow display all of the fantastic photograph below, but cutting it in two does demonstrate an
Read moreObama’s inauguration next Tuesday will closely adhere to the traditions of many presidents past, but with some serious leanings towards
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