Today in NYC History
This Week in NYC History: The First Edition of Scientific American is Published in 1845
Top half of the front page of Scientific American’s first edition published on Thursday, August 28, 1845. Image source
This Week in NYC History: New York Becomes New Orange
Little known New York City fact: New York became Dutch again for about seven months. The city formally known as
Today in NYC History: Robert Fulton’s Revolutionary Steamboat Makes Its First Run
A sketch of the Clermont making its first voyage up the Hudson River. Source: Wikipedia Commons. On August 17, 1807
This Week in NYC History: President Ulysses S. Grant’s Is Laid to Rest in Riverside Park
On August 8, 1885 New York City played host to a grieving nation as nearly a quarter of million people
This Week in NYC History: The Cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty’s Pedestal is Placed
On August 5, 1884 the cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal was ceremoniously placed on Bedloe’s Island.
This Week In NYC History: Peter Stuyvesant Creates NYC’S First Zoning Law
On July 25, 1647, New York City’s first zoning law was put into place. The law came from the
This Week In NYC History: The Fillmore East Closes on June 27, 1971
On June 27, 1971 the Fillmore East closed its doors after three years of ground breaking concerts which helped to
This Week in NYC History: The First Japanese Delegation to the US Comes to NYC
In 1853 US Commodore Matthew Perry steamed his way into Tokyo Bay (then called Edo Bay) and pretty much bullied
This Week in NYC History: America’s First Roller Coaster Opens on Coney Island
Switchback Railway at Coney Island. Image via Wikimedia Commons. On June 16, 1884, America’s first roller coaster opened on
The NYC That Never Was: The Lost 425-Foot Washington Monument in the Upper East Side
On Tuesday, October 19, 1847 thousands attended a ceremony in New York’s Hamilton Square (a lost public square on
Today in NYC History: The 1903 Rivington Street Fight Between Five Points Gang and the Eastmans
On an otherwise calm September 16th in 1903, only a day and a half before the massive “Vagabond” hurricane devastated
Today in NYC History: That Famous Kiss on VJ Day in Times Square, August 14, 1945
Kissing the War Goodbye, photo by Lt. Victor Jorgensen from National Archives and Records Administration. Today, August 14th, is the
