Earlier this week, James had a story appear in Curbed about the history of New York's elevated railways. Next week marks the 150th a...

  SUNDAY June 24 at 11:00 AM In January 1961, Bob Dylan arrived in Greenwich Village during the "coldest wi...

One hundred and seventy-five years ago, architect James Renwick -- most famous for building St. Patrick's Cathedral -- began his ca...

On May 31, 1927, the first great era in American automotive history came to an end when the Ford Motor Company ceased production on the M...

Happy 77th Birthday to Nobel laureate Bob Dylan, who was born May 24, 1941, in Duluth Minnesota. His birth name was Robert Zimmerman, and,...

On May 17, 1792 (226 years ago today), the New York Stock Exchange was founded by a group of twenty four individuals and firms under a ...

On May 10, 1849, New York was the scene of a deadly riot that centered around...an acting dispute. While there were many conflicts in ...

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

If you haven't yet had the chance, check out the exhibition at the main branch of the New York Public Library, " Picturing the C...

The Merchant's House Museum as it looked in the 1930s (with its original neighbors on either side); photo courtesy of HABS (Historic A...