This weekend marks a little remembered anniversary. On February 19, 1674, the Treaty of Westminster was signed, ending the Third Anglo-Du...

Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam by Johannes Vingboons (1664), an early picture of Nieuw Amsterdam made in the year when it was conquered by the...

A postcard reproduction of  The Fall of New Amsterdam , from the series "The Pageant of a Nation" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (ca...

Instead of a postcard today, here's an ad James found when doing research for an article he's writing. Searching through a  New-York...

In honor of the anniversary of the Dutch surrendering to the English on this day in 1664, here's a link to our blog post from last year ...

On August 12, 1658 -- 352 years ago today -- New York's first municipal police force was founded. Of course, back in 1658 New York was ...

I know we keep saying this, but... Happy Birthday New York! As you may remember, last year was the city's 400th birthday , a celeb...

New York has an overabundance of birthdays. Last year, the city celebrated its 400th anniversary , using Henry Hudson's arrival in New Y...

In the last week, we were able to visit three exhibitions currently on view that are tied to the ongoing celebrations of Henry Hudson’s arri...

Amidst all the hoopla surrounding this week's celebration of New York's 400th birthday --the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson's...

On Sunday, September 13, James will be leading a special public walking tour of the Financial District in honor of New York's 400th birt...

Last week, Curbed and Racked pointed out that at least one new boutique on the ever-gentrifying Bowery would like to rename the entire nei...

As was heavily reported this week in the local news (see the Times , Post , and US News & World Report ), the waters just outside New Yo...