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Otis's First Elevator 23 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
The view from the top of the Latting Observatory. Courtesy of the New York Public Library. Yesterday, our friends at Curbed highlighted a mostly forgotten chapter in New York's history -- the Crystal...
Summer Streets: The Old Fourth Avenue 16 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
Tomorrow, August 17, is the last day of this year's iteration of Summer Streets, the program where numerous city agencies ban together to turn a Manhattan avenue into a pedestrian thoroughfare. This y...
Edith Wharton's View of New York 9 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
This weekend marks the seventy-sixth anniversary of the death of Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862-August 11, 1937). Though she spent much of her adult life living outside the city, Wharton was born and...
Happy Birthday, John Sloan 2 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
Today marks the 142nd anniversary of the birth of John Sloan, the great Ashcan school painter, who created vivid scenes of life in New York City. Sloan was born in 1871 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, an...
July 24, 1983: The Pine Tar Incident 24 Jul 2013 | 07:03 pm
If you were at Yankee Stadium thirty years ago today, you were there to witness George Brett of the Kansas City Royals getting tossed out of the game during the ninth inning for the infamous pine tar ...
July 16 and 17, 1863 - The last days of the Civil War Draft Riots 16 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Draft Riots -- still the deadliest civil disturbance in American history. The riots lasted July 13 - 17; we'll be posting a summary of what happ...
July 15, 1863 - Day 3 of the Civil War Draft Riots 15 Jul 2013 | 08:13 pm
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Draft Riots -- still the deadliest civil disturbance in American history. The riots lasted July 13 - 17; we'll be posting a summary of what happ...
July 14, 1863 - Day 2 of the Civil War Draft Riots 14 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Draft Riots -- still the deadliest civil disturbance in American history. The riots lasted July 13 - 17; we'll be posting a summary of what happ...
July 13, 1863 - Day 1 of the Civil War Draft Riots 13 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Draft Riots -- still the deadliest civil disturbance in American history. The riots lasted July 13 - 17; we'll be posting a summary of what happ...
Shootout in Weehawken 11 Jul 2013 | 08:02 pm
On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were rowed across the Hudson River so that they could shoot at each other. This, in 1804, seemed like a fine way to settle one's differences. As so...
