Tammany Hall
10 Famous People Buried in Cemeteries Around NYC
Lin Manuel Miranda penned the famous refrain “You have no control: / Who lives / Who dies / Who tells your story?” for
Today in History: The Attempted Assassination of Mayor William Jay Gaynor
William Jay Gaynor was the 94th mayor of New York City from 1910 to 1913 and a New York Supreme
Today in History: The Mysterious Disappearance of Joseph Force Crater
The life of Joseph Force Crater is one full of mysteries. Born in 1889 to Irish immigrants in Easton, Pennsylvania,
The Case of the Hyper-Contextual Building Extension in NYC
In urban planner and architecture speak, you often hear of the term “contextual development” or “contextual design.” This means that
See Renderings of the Stunning Glass Dome That Will Top NYC's Tammany Hall
All renderings via Newmark Knight Frank Tammany Hall (44 Union Square East), once home to the Democratic party machine that
The Top 10 Secrets of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Political Machine That Ran NYC
Founded in opposition to the Federalist Party, Tammany Hall was a Democratic Party organization that played a major role in
The Scandalous History of the Soho Playhouse, One of the Oldest Off-Broadway Theatres in NYC
We sat down with Darren Cole, director of Soho Playhouse, in order to delve into its history, which spans back
How Bossy Was He? Today in NYC History Boss Tweed is Arrested in 1871
Image in public domain from Wikimedia Commons These are grim times for New York political bosses. Former Speaker Sheldon Silver’
Today in NYC History: Lawyers Fight Back Against Tammany, Create the Bar of the City of NY in 1870
Introducing a column by Janos Marton of janos.nyc, writer, urban enthusiast, and political expert, a former counsel to the
Tammany Hall Today: A Site of Higher Education in Union Square
Although Tammany Hall continues to be associated with Boss Tweed and the corruption that often accompanied the machine politics of
