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In 1869, Peter Gilsey, a wealthy merchant and city alderman, leased a large parcel of land from the Casper Samler
In 1918, New York City photographer Jessie Tarbox Beals took a series of photos of Grace Godwin’s Garret at
In 1916, Don Dickerman opened a tearoom called the Pirate’s Cave at 133 Washington Place in Greenwich Village. Tearooms
In 1874, at the age of sixteen, Charles Thorley opened his first flower shop on West Street in New York
The old Bergen homestead at 972 Flatbush Avenue was originally the home of Dominie Bernadus Freeman, who served as pastor
Photo from the Library of Congress. In 1936, the oldest known house in Manhattan, on the southern end of Cherry
A St. Bernard named Rex Moore has been gracing the entrance to 2500 University Avenue in the Fordham Manor neighborhood
The 154-foot-long gallery at Fort Tryon Hall is visible to drivers on the Henry Hudson Parkway. If you’ve ever
A slice of the block bounded by Mulberry, Houston, Crosby, and Bleecker Streets has been torn away for the Elm
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