The dedication of the Worth Monument, November 25, 1857; courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York This week, Tex-Mex restaurants...

Earlier this summer, James took to the streets with a handful of guidebooks written in the 19th century to see if he could reconstruct a...

Fort Hamilton, 1875. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York This weekend marks the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone ...

Thanks to everyone who came out for our Third Annual Alexander Hamilton walk this past weekend. For June, we thought we'd try somethi...

The Leonard Jerome mansion. The New York Merchandise Mart, which replaced the Jerome mansion Yesterday, Curbed NY ran a story that ...

Today's postcard shows the Met Life tower on Madison Square, which held the title of tallest building in the world from 1909 (beati...

Here's another gem from the Inside the Apple archives. This postcard was made in 1908 and shows two birds ("Bird's eye view...

The fall of Mexico City, 1847 Today, May 7, marks the anniversary of the death of General William Jenkins Worth, hero of the Battle of Chapu...

Yesterday, April 14, marked a solemn date during a year in which we are celebrating Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday -- the 144th ...

Just as thoughts were turning to spring, the snow begins to fall. As of this writing, there’s only a couple of inches on the ground, but i...