New York’s first mayoral election in 1834: Riots, chaos and the election of New York’s ‘crying congressman’
New York in 1834, looking up Broadway from Bowling Green (NYPL) New Yorkers will go to the polls today to
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Read moreJohn Purroy Mitchel, the ‘boy mayor’, after his resounding victory. (LOC)PODCAST As New York City enters the final stages of
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Read moreWhile the Confederacy may be the enemy in Stephen Spielberg‘s new film ‘Lincoln‘, it is a defeated and toothless one,
Read moreMany of you may remember New York’s sole Republican National Convention, held in 2004 at Madison Square Garden, celebrating the
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Read moreOne hundred years ago today (June 23), the big news was the coronation of England’s King George at Westminster Abbey.
Read morePic courtesy LOC The caption for the above 1894 illustration, looking back to headier days, reads: “Have we improved upon
Read moreAbove: An unemployment line in November 1933. The O’Brien administration offers no relief to the city. KNOW YOUR MAYORS Our
Read moreSTRESSED: William Sulzer in 1911, a New York City representative on his way up…and out *okay, technically he was removed
Read moreKNOW YOUR MAYORS Our modest little series about some of the greatest, notorious, most important, even most useless, mayors of
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Read moreWell, would you?Illustration from sheet music 1908 FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER To get you in the mood for the weekend, every
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