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Behind the Curtain Wall: Water Street and Beyond
Explore the buildings of NYC architect Richard Roth Jr. in Lower Manhattan on a virtual livestream!
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Vintage NYC Photography: New York City in the Gilded Age by Ephemeral NY
In the book New York City in the Gilded Age, Esther Crain, founder of the website Ephemeral New York, supported
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Vintage NYC Photography: The Central Park Zoo
Entrance to Central Park Zoo, 1942. Image via the Library of Congress The city legislature never commissioned for the city
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City Island: The Closest Little Island in NYC You Didn’t Know About
You don’t need a ferry to get to City Island, the small island east of the Bronx mainland, but
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South Street Seaport in Downtown Manhattan Confronts Development Challenges
Co-written by Samantha Sokol The Southern tip of New York City wasn’t always as wide as it currently is.
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Chung King Studios, NYC’s “Abbey Road” of Hip-Hop
Dubbed the Abbey Road of Hip-Hop, Chung King Studios is probably more responsible for the global popularization of New York
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The Hauntings of 14 West 10th Street, NYC’s “House of Death”
Located down one of the most picturesque blocks in New York City stands a building with a notoriously dark history.
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The Saga of Bartholdi’s Forgotten Statue of Lafayette & Washington in NYC and Paris
Joseph Pulitzer, the editor of the New York World (whose New York City headquarters was the tallest building in the
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Daily What?! Midtown Manhattan’s Forgotten Weather Beacon at 1740 Broadway
Located at the corner of 56th Street, 1740 Broadway was constructed in 1950 for Mutual of New York as their
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4 Historic Houses Converted Into Museums in Brooklyn
New York City is home to numerous world-famous museums, but if you need a break from classics like the Metropolitan
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Daily What?! This Building in NYC’s East Village was Originally the German American Shooting Society Clubhouse
A small seal still sits atop 12 St. Marks Place in the East Village. It reads “Einigkeit Macht Stark,” or
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Daily What?! Queens Once Held the Record for Largest Roadside Restaurant in the U.S.
Who would have guessed that the largest roadside restaurant in the United States was once right here in New York
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Where Are the Cast-Iron Eagles of the Original Grand Central Terminal?
From its grandiose Main Concourse with the mesmerizing astronomical ceiling, to the Beaux-Arts details of its granite exterior, Grand Central
