Great Fire of New York
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Arts & Culture
This Week in New York City History: The Great Fire of 1845 Devastates Lower Manhattan
A Currier and Ives print of the Great Fire of 1845 burning buildings around Bowling Green Park. Image via Wikimedia
Arts & Culture
A History of NYC’s Hanover Square and East Financial District from “The Bowery Boys: Adventures in Old New York”
Bowery Boys Greg and Tom. Image courtesy of Benjamin Stone Photography Grey Young and Tom Meyers are “The Bowery Boys,
Arts & Culture
On This Day in NYC History December 16th: The Great Fire of NYC (1835)
“Burning of the Merchant’s Exchange” painted lithograph by Alfred Hoffy On December 16, 1835 a devastating fire ripped through
