This past week, we saw three theater pieces, each of which had a connection to New York: Red-Eye to Havre de Grace , Act One , and If/Then...

In honor of our talk tomorrow night (April 25) in Brooklyn ( details here if you want to join us), here's a great, early shot of t...

Join us on Friday, April 25, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. for our first event to celebrate the launch of Footprints in New York: Tracing the Live...

Today's postcard is appropriate for the middle of Passover: a street scene on the Lower East Side, showing vendors and shoppers alo...

Today is the official release date of our new book,  Footprints in New York: Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers.  As many ...

Today's postcard takes us back to the Battle of Lake Erie, which was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812. This image sh...

Great news! Our new book, Footprints in New York: Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers , is finally out! In Footprints in...

A couple of days ago, we wrote about Frederick Muhlenberg, the first Speaker of House . When Congress first met, 225 years ago, its hea...

This year marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Congress, which began meeting in March 1789 at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan....

This postcard, from about 1910, shows Shepard Hall at City College, and its commanding view of Hamilton Heights. When City College ...