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January 16, 2013
Mona mania: New Yorkers line up outside the Met for the hottest ticket in town in 1963While many artistic institutions will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Armory Show next month, New York lovers of more classical paintings will be celebrating another milestone…
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The monster within the Armory's 'Chamber of Horrors': Marcel Duchamp's 'Nude Descending A Staircase No. 2 PODCAST The Armory Show of 1913 was the mainstream debut…
I'm working on a very art-themed podcast which should be ready for release this Friday. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be a supporting player in…
Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, in a rare shot with his pince-nez lowered.Checking the mailbox was a frightening experience for some New Yorkers almost a century ago.Some…
1) Grand Central TerminalThe Grand Central Depot was first built at 42nd Street in 1871 as a hub for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad operations. It was greatly…
In black churches throughout America 150 years ago, gatherers celebrated 'Watch Night' on December 21, 1862, counting down to the moment when Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation…
Above: A curious New Years postcard from 1913Here's the list of our fifteen podcasts released in 2012, running the gamut from New York City's most popular…
Above: A curious New Years postcard from 1913Here's the list of our fifteen podcasts released in 2012, running the gamut from New York City's most popular…
On Christmas Eve, one hundred and ninety years ago today, wealthy landowner and august Columbia professor Clement Clarke Moore completed a seasonal poem to read to…
Click into the images within this post for a more closeup view!When the extravagant James Gordon Bennett Jr. decided to move the offices of the New…
The wacky IKEA monkey story of the past few days got me to wondering about wild animals as pets here in New York. After all, the…
The first time: A TV Guide advertisement from 1965 announcing the upcoming Charlie Brown special, "presented ... by the people in your town who bottle Coca-Cola."…
Did you see the spectacular debut of the Empire State Building's new LED lights last night, choreographed to the music of Alicia Keys, being simultaneously broadcast…
