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The Other Side of Ellis Island: A Story of American Immigration

Inside the Measles Ward at the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, with a haunted wheat-paste mural by JR

Thanks to its immigration history, Ellis Island is one of America’s great landmarks, to its immigration history, a place in New York harbor that represents the millions of people who arrived in this country during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Once processed here, a new arrival could head out to their new home… Read More

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In the Pleasure Gardens of Old New York

It has become a name so associated with American sports and entertainment that you barely think about it. In New York City, when you say you are going to The Garden, you aren’t going to see flowers. Most likely, you’re going to see the Knicks. Or possibly Billy Joel. New York City’s many actual gardens… Read More