After the shipping industry left Coenties Slip in Manhattan, some of the biggest names in American art moved in

… its grim warehouses and how the main protagonist sat on the wharf and watched the ships leave the slip … What drew the … flexibility for creating a worklife area that traditional apartments didnt Most of the least expensive apartments in Manhattan were often in a long railroad …

By Marjorie Cohen |August 7, 2023 - 2:30PM
In 'New York Rising,’ authors explore 400 years of the city's history

… amassed almost 35000 pieces of New York historybooks prints maps photographs and postcards In the foreword to a handsome … dozens of soldiers   New York Rising is a companionable guide to how the city got from there to here from the image … latest activities Second and more importantly there is no index In a book covering such a broad span of history it …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 1, 2018 - 9:00AM