The Killing Fields of East New York: Book Talk with Stacy Horn
East New York, once a thriving working-class neighborhood on its way up, has the highest number of unsolved murders in New York City. Why?
Woodlawn Cemetery is nearly half the size of Central Park, and has the population of a small city – of dead
Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s Mansion at 742-748 Fifth Avenue (between 57th and 58th Streets). Photo via Library of Congress. Welcome
The rise and fall of the Vanderbilt family still pervades American historical lore, from the millions that pilgrimage to glimpse
In a deliciously overdramatic attempt to preserve his memory for future generations, Frenchman Louis Mantin, who passed away in 1905,
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