New York
Photos: The Sideways Swimming Pool at Rockefeller Center, Van Gogh’s Ear
Aerial shot of Van Gogh’s Ear, below Rockefeller Center’s Rooftop Gardens A walk down Fifth Avenue usually brings
Jackie Robinson’s Brooklyn from Ken Burns’ New Documentary on PBS
Ebbets Field, opening day, 1913. Image from Wikimedia Commons. The new two-part PBS documentary from Ken Burns, “Jackie Robinson,
Titanic: The Millionaire’s Ship and Its Connection to South Street Seaport
This article is written by William Roka, a historian with the South Street Seaport Museum. Titanic and New York City,
12 of the Most Expensive Real Estate Deals In NYC: The $1 Billion+ Club
Last week, we featured properties in New York City that were sold for only one dollar. This week, we’re
The East 83rd Street Bird House Row on NYC’s Upper East Side
On 83rd Street between York Avenue and East End Avenue, 22 unique and colorful birdhouses have mysteriously popped up in
Fun Maps: Mapping NYC’s Primary Election Using CUNY’s NYC Election Atlas
Next week is New York City’s Presidential Primary and the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center of
New Documentary “Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream” About Last Family-Owned Matzo Bakery in US
Last fall, after the Passover holiday, Streit’s, the oldest family-owned matzo bakery, closed its five-floor factory on
20 Permanent Outdoor Art Installations in Lower Manhattan
Downtown Manhattan is not only filled with history, but it is also filled with numerous permanent art installations – many of
Film Screening at Queens Museum Will Show Lost Places of Hunters Point South
This Sunday, April 10th, from 4 PM to 8 PM, the Queens Museum will be holding its Spring Exhibitions Opening,
BLDZR is a Rock Musical About Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, and It’s Supremely Entertaining
If you’re like us, when you hear “Robert Moses Rock Musical,” you drop everything and go check out the
The Sinking (and Exploding) of the RMS Fort Victoria in New York Harbor
On October 26, 1930 this headline burst from the pages of the New York Herald-Tribune: “Sunken Fort Victoria, Menace
#SeeRikers Guerrilla Campaign Adds Rikers Island Stickers to MTA Maps in NYC
Al images courtesy #SeeRikers team In 2013, after we spent some time working with the juvenile population inside Rikers Island