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HolidaysOctober 23, 2026
In the past, New Yorkers have celebrated election days with some behaviors and traditions that are no longer with us: 1) Lights and drama at the Flatiron BuildingI'm unsure of the date of this postcard, however it's from a time when the Flatiron was…
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Anybody watching the Houdini mini-series on the History Channel? It's, um, interesting, I guess. It breezes over any actual character development -- eschews all forms of…
Did you know that there once was a Revolutionary War fort located in today's Red Hook, Brooklyn? Hear about Red Hook's role in the Battle of…
To get you in the mood for the weekend, every other Friday we'll be celebrating 'FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER', featuring an old New York nightlife haunt, from…
The double-breasted, cigar-chewing gentlemen who gathered in the sumptuous rooms of the Fifth Avenue Hotel were occasional connoisseurs of New York City history, and in particular,…
The summer blockbuster Spider-Man: Homecoming may be the greatest New York City superhero movie ever. It doesn't treat New York like a series of famous backdrops (although there…
Tickets for this year's Bowery Boys Ghost Stories of Old New York show at Joe's Pub are now sale over at the Joe's Pub website. Tom and…
The Dirty Ones, a notorious gang from Williamsburg. My new column for A24 Films (a tie-in to the new movie A Most Violent Year) is up…
Join us for a book event in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Bowery Boys' Adventures in Old New York -- and at the famed…
One of the few photos ever taken of any New York street gang was this image shot in 1887 by Jacob Riis of the Short…
Looking for a healthy assortment of fireworks to ignite for the Fourth of July holiday? In New York, from the late 19th century until the 1930s,…
George Washington’s copy of the Declaration of Independence is perhaps the most well-known of the almost 200 copies first made of the document. As a facsimile, it’s certainly…
For a very brief period -- likely just a single year -- there was a female counterpart to the New York (Male) Giants. The New York…
