In 1910 NYC mayor William Jay Gaynor proposed a new avenue to be added to the street grid between Fifth and Sixth Avenue, between 8th Street and 59th Street.
Bastille Day lands on a Tuesday this year, but that hasn't stopped NYC from starting the celebrations a few days early with food, dancing, and music all around
Albertine, NYC's only French bookstore will open to the public in the Cultural Services of the French Embassy on Fifth Avenue, former Payne Whitney mansion.
A walk through Fifth Avenue's "Gold Coast" of Gilded Age mansions from 59th Street to 79th Street, with opulent houses both demolished and still standing
NYC's Fifth Avenue has always been pretty special, although it began with a rather ordinary and functional name, and turned into a Millionaire's Row of mansions
Some of NYC's buildings were surprisingly short-lived, starting at just two years old including Grand Central Station, the Folk Art Museum Crystal Palace
The Victorian Era in America, called The Gilded Age by Mark Twain, was a time of vast fortunes, decadence, lavish spending and Mrs. Astor's '400 List'.
The renovation at the famed Salmagundi Club was completed this month. We arrived just in time to witness the coming-home of their permanent collection and view the newly updated Main Gallery and new exhibits in every room.
David O. Russell's award-winning American Hustle may take place in NYC and NJ, but it was largely filmed in Massachusetts. Here are nine filming locations.
Bergdorf Goodman once had a 17 room penthouse apartment and due to zoning laws, the Edwin and Andrew Goodman had to call themselves the store's janitors.