Tag: Today in NYC History

Today in 1897 the Consolidation of New York City Was Approved

Today in NYC History: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911

On This Day in NYC History, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center Is Bombed

NYC Throw Back Thursday 1966: The Deadly 23rd Street Fire Destroys a Building Next to Flatiron

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Throw Back Thursday 1935: Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Premieres in NYC

Throw Back Thursday 1927: The First Full-Length Motion Picture with Sound Premieres in NYC

NYC Throw Back Thursday 1947: The First Televised World Series Yankees v. Dodgers

Throwback Thursday 1776: Revolutionary Hero Nathan Hale is Hanged as a Spy in NYC

Throw Back Thursday 1654: The First Rosh Hashanah in North America

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This Week In NYC History: First. Labor Day. Ever.

This Week in NYC History: The First Edition of Scientific American is Published in 1845

This Week in NYC History: Orange is the New New York

Today in NYC History: Robert Fulton’s Revolutionary Steamboat Makes Its First Run

This Week in NYC History: President Ulysses S. Grant’s Is Laid to Rest in Riverside Park

This Week in NYC History: The Cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty’s Pedestal is Placed

This Week In NYC History: Peter Stuyvesant Creates NYC’S First Zoning Law

This Week In NYC History: The Fillmore East Closes on June 27, 1971

This Week in NYC History: The First Japanese Delegation to the US Comes to NYC

This Week in NYC History: America’s First Roller Coaster Opens on Coney Island

The NYC That Never Was: The Lost 425-Foot Washington Monument in the Upper East Side