In 'New York Rising,’ authors explore 400 years of the city's history

… a print of Governor Peter Stuyvesants house from 1658 shown top Shorto writes that most of the governors of the … at 120 Broadway Carol Willis notes that the building cast many of its neighbors into perpetual shadow stealing their … accommodate vibrant street life but that by the mid 1900s streets were no place for enjoying the city People were to …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 1, 2018 - 9:00AM
A Northampton, Massachusetts, house with a yoga studio, for $489,000

… also has a number of popular music venues like the Iron Horse  and Bishops Lounge along with plenty of drinking …

By Rebecca Fishbein |September 21, 2018 - 12:00PM
The 25 best books about the history of New York City's boroughs and neighborhoods

… Rosebrock … Rosebrocks book was published in 1974 by the still relatively new South Street Seaport Museum It remains … classic first edition Wolfe kept the exquisite archival photos of Dr Jo Renee Fine and has added photos and … at the turn of the century and chronicles the communitys life and culture from its heyday in the 1920s to its decline …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 30, 2018 - 12:00PM