A President for the Future: George Washington’s inauguration and the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Today (April 30th) is the 230th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington, sworn in at Federal Hall as the
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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
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Ghost Stories of Old New York: Tales from the Revolution, restless Indians, haunted forts and a drunk, headless actor
The Van Cortlandt House, 1906PODCAST This is the Bowery Boys 7th annual Halloween podcast, with four new scary stories to
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The Astor House came tumbling down one century ago
The Astor House was New York City’s first great hotel, opened in 1836 by John Jacob Astor himself, a premier
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Tribute to a scrappy typewriter tower in lower Manhattan (yes, typewriters, remember those?)
I found this advertisement in an issue of the New York Tribune from one hundred years ago: Although the famous Underwood
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The odd bridge over Broadway vs. Knox the Hatter
The bulky and yet somewhat elegant contraption above is the short-lived Loew Bridge, which once hung over Broadway at Fulton
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Trinity Church: anchor of Wall Street, New York’s landlord
Above: The seemingly unchanged Trinity in 1916, already dwarfed by skyscrapers PODCAST Trinity Church, with its distinctive spire staring down
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Lower Manhattan’s foreign architecture, 104 years ago
I would love to somehow display all of the fantastic photograph below, but cutting it in two does demonstrate an
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The First Inauguration: New York’s big party for George
Obama’s inauguration next Tuesday will closely adhere to the traditions of many presidents past, but with some serious leanings towards
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