9 Surprising Uses of NYC’s Ellis Island Throughout History
Ellis Island is synonymous with immigration, but this little piece of land has served many purposes, from a place to fish for oysters to an FBI field office.
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Vintage NYC Photos: The Gas House District That Became Stuy Town
Vintage photos of the Gas House District, the poor immigrant neighborhood in NYC that came before today’s private residential development of Stuy Town.
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Newly Released Photographs of Ellis Island Immigrants in Early 20th Century
Augustus Sherman was Chief Registry Clerk on Ellis Island in the early 1900s, as well as amateur photographer. The NYPL photos of Sherman’s work arenow online.
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NYC’s Micro Neighborhoods: Little Senegal in Harlem, New York City
In the ongoing Micro Neighborhoods series, Untapped Cities looks at Little Senegal in central Harlem, New York City.
MoreLA Suburb Rancho Cucamonga’s Chinatown House Becomes an Endangered Historic Site
Terminal Island’s Southwest Marine complex still holds reminders of the island’s shipbuilding and Japanese immigrant histories.
One of the last visible reminders of Chinese American history in the Los Angeles area may soon be lost. The Chinatown House in Rancho Cucamonga was just named to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2013 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered …
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Partners in Preservation: Tenement Museum
Tucked on the Lower East Side, just blocks from the Williamsburg Bridge, the Tenement Museum embodies and represents the history of how New York as we know it came to be.
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The Ellis Island South Side Hospitals: a healthcare marvel in decay
Vote to preserve the beautiful and decaying Ellis Island Hospitals, a Partner in Preservation site.
MoreSunset Park, Brooklyn
A neighborhood infinitely more nuanced than its namesake, Sunset Park repeatedly defies expectation. Once hailed as the “New Williamsburg,” Sunset Park residents have fought to keep industry in as a means to keep gentrification out. A widely diverse area where the term “minority” is misleading, upwards of 75% of the population is Hispanic or Chinese, with a rich history of Irish, Polish and Norwegian immigration dating back to the 1800s.
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