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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, Part II:
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
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
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
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