This week in NYC history, the first Japanese Delegation to the US came to NYC and politicking and partying ensued in this most lavish of historic events.
On June 16, 1884, America’s first roller coaster opened on Coney Island. The Switchback Railway, 600 feet long, was so popular it paid for itself in 3 weeks.
On Oct. 19, 1847 NYC held a cornerstone ceremony for a 425-foot tall Washington Monument. The monument was not built and the fate of the cornerstone is unknown.
Revisiting the bloody Lower East Side Eastman/Kelly gang war over control of the Bowery in NYC at the turn of the 20th century, on September 16, 1903.
Today, August 14th, is the anniversary of VJ Day in 1945 where the Alfred Eisenstaedt photographed the iconic kiss between sailor and nurse in Times Square
The incredible true story of NYC's Tenderloin Race Riot, which ravaged the city in August 1900 in the area that is now Penn Station as seen in The Knick
On June 17th 1885 the Statue of Liberty arrived from France in NYC Harbor aboard the steamship, the Isère. Today's Google doodle celebrates this momentous event
On June 16, 1857, two rival police squads clashed at City Hall NYC the Municipals, under the command of Mayor Fernando Wood, and the Metropolitans
Across the United States, the power of organized labor has been largely diminished, but in New York City, unions remain relevant, throwing their
Stuyvesant at the invasion of New Amsterdam by English forces in 1664. Image via Wikimedia Commons New Amsterdam in the