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10 Forgotten Movie Theaters on Upper Broadway in NYC
Upper Broadway, which has been called that “ignored stretch of Manhattan,” contains the remains of a number of former movie
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The Treasures of the Père Lachaise Cemetery Part II
Exploring Paris’s cemeteries–(Montmartre,  Montparnasse,  Passy,  Père Lachaise, and  Picpus)–can be a rewarding task. Artists, statesmen, and industrialists
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The Treasures of the Père Lachaise Cemetery: Part I
Exploring Paris’s cemeteries–(Montmartre, Montparnasse, Passy, Père Lachaise, and Picpus)–can be a rewarding task. Artists, statesmen, and industrialists
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The Bombing of 23 Wall Street
23 Wall Street, the Morgan Guaranty Company Building and J.P. Morgan Bank headquarters, circa 1914. Photo via Library of
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Before Hollywood There was Fort Lee: A Look at the Early Film Industry
Before Hollywood, the film industry was centered in New Jersey and New York. Thomas Edison invented many early film technologies
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The Treasures of the Montmartre Cemetery
Exploring Paris’s cemeteries–(Montmartre,  Montparnasse,  Passy,  Père Lachaise, and  Picpus)–can be a rewarding task. Artists, statesmen, and industrialists
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Then & Now: The Isidor and Ida Straus House
This is the first of two articles about Isidor and Ida Straus, of Abraham & Straus fame. Isidor Straus was
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The New York City that Never Was Part V: The New York Public Library
This is the fifth installment of the series, the New York City that Never Was (Part I: Buildings, Â Part II:
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Then & Now: The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion on NYC’s Fifth Avenue
Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s Mansion at 742-748 Fifth Avenue (between 57th and 58th Streets). Photo via Library of Congress. Welcome
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Book Review | The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811-2011
The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811-2011, edited by Hilary Ballon, accompanies an excellent exhibit of the same
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Then & Now: Remnants of the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York City
The rise and fall of the Vanderbilt family still pervades American historical lore, from the millions that pilgrimage to glimpse
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The Last Days of Admiral’s Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Today marks the beginning of the end for Admiral’s Row, the controversial nineteenth-century row houses located at the edge