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A photo from Norman McGrath’s Penn Station demolition collection. Source: Norman McGrath. I love lost causes… That’s why
This image of the Neil Simon Theatre (formally the Alvin Theatre) is viewable in Times Square on the Membit app.
This image of the Warner Strand Theatre is viewable in Times Square on the Membit app. The Warner Strand Theatre
On September 30, 1947, New York City hosted the first televised World Series between the New York Yankees and the
This image of Nathan Hale is viewable in City Hall Park on the Membit app. Membit is a new augmented
A plaque sitting at the entrance of the first Shearith Israel Cemetery on St. Jame’s Place in Lower Manhattan.
Labor Day is a New York City-born and bred holiday first celebrated this week on September 5, 1882. Of all
Top half of the front page of Scientific American’s first edition published on Thursday, August 28, 1845. Image source
Little known New York City fact: New York became Dutch again for about seven months. The city formally known as
A sketch of the Clermont making its first voyage up the Hudson River. Source: Wikipedia Commons. On August 17, 1807
On August 8, 1885 New York City played host to a grieving nation as nearly a quarter of million people
On August 5, 1884 the cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal was ceremoniously placed on Bedloe’s Island.
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