New York's Department of Parks has announced that next year Dean J. Poll, who currently holds the license to operate the Boathouse in Ce...

The press has been having a field day this week with the news that New York's narrowest house -- No. 75-1/2 Bedford Street -- is on the ...

The Ridley building as it appeared in 1874; it was expanded in 1886, badly damaged in a fire in 1905 after the store had been sold, and trun...

photo from the LIFE magazine archives on Google.com Earlier this summer, the world celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon lan...

As we have written previously, we will be leading a free tour on Sunday, August 16, of Revolutionary War Lower Manhattan. (See http://www.i...

EV Grieve just alerted us to the fact that sculptor Tony Rosenthal passed away last week at the age of 94. Rosenthal is best known as the a...

photo from the LIFE magazine archives on Google.com When they thought the top of the Empire State Building would good be for landing airship...

On Sunday, August 16, at 5:00 p.m., we are returning to Lower Manhattan for another free walking tour of downtown sites. The tour will focus...

Thursday, July 16, 1863, marked the final day of the New York City draft riots. (You can follow these links to read about Day 1 , Day 2 , an...

This is the third installment in our day-by-day remembrance of the Civil War Draft Riots, which gripped New York City from July 13-16, 1863....