A quest to find his grandmother's birthplace led Richard Marc Sakols on a mission to capture his changing neighborhood on film.
Meet photographer Emon Hassan and explore the photographs in his pop-up exhibit for "I Dream of the Heights"!
Go inside the home of a jazz legend, learn how to make a subway map, spend an evening in a private art collection, and more!
There’s so much more to the Gowanus Canal than the dirt and sludge. Join our walking tour of its
Location of former Gowanus Road from From the Atlas of NYC, 1880. Via NYPL. In the Park Slope and Gowanus
Washington Park Skating Pond and Old Stone House. Image from The Old Stone House. We all know Brooklyn’s connection
1. No One Really Knows the Origin of the Word Gowanus Map of Brooklyn in 1766, showing what was then
Gowanus’ Vanderbilt Republic is always up to something new and large scale, like their 2015 lighting of the Smith-9th Street
Summer, and therefore “roof season” has blasted past, and although the weather remains great long past Labor Day weekend, just
Revolution was coming. The American Continental Congress, sensing the inevitability of a break from the British Empire and the ensuing
The story of New York City’s ballrooms form one facet of the city-wide story of a changing entertainment industry
From tonight until January 23rd, the Smith-9th Street bridge transforms from its typical concrete structure to a background of colorful
Gowanus is a neighborhood of inconsistencies: its booming real estate market makes it the next hot destination in Brooklyn, while
Manhattan Bridge construction Photo from Library of Congress by Bain News Service During the 19th and 20th centuries, the City
We’ve been noticing a fun trend recently. Plays, as in theater pieces, particularly about urban history and transformation. First
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