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#167 Cleopatra's Needle and the Freemasons Secret
Cleopatra's Needle is the name given to the ancient Egyptian obelisk that sits in Central Park, right behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is …
11 years, 9 months ago
#166 General Slocum Disaster 1904
On June 15, 1904, hundreds of residents of the Lower East Side's thriving German community boarded the General Slocum excursion steamer to enjoy a da…
11 years, 9 months ago
#165 Ladies' Mile
Ladies' Mile -- the most famous New York shopping district in the 19th century and the "heart of the Gilded Age," a district of spectacular commercia…
11 years, 10 months ago
#164 The Astor Place Riot
England's great thespian William Macready mounted the stage of the Astor Place Opera House on May 10, 1849, to perform Shakespeare's Macbeth, just as…
11 years, 11 months ago
#163 South Street Seaport
The glory of early New York City came from its role as one of the world's great ports. Today the South Street Seaport is a lasting tribute to that s…
12 years ago
#162 George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is surprisingly graceful, but politically scandalous. And we're not talking about the current crisis being faced by cur…
12 years ago
#161 Fire Department of New York (FDNY)
The New York Fire Department protects the five boroughs from a host of disasters and mishaps -- five-alarm blazes, a kitchen fire run amok, and even …
12 years, 1 month ago
#160 Tompkins Square Park
Central Park has frequently been called 'the people's park," but we think Tompkins Square Park may have a better claim to that title. From its incep…
12 years, 2 months ago
#159 The Broadway Musical: Setting the Stage
The Broadway Musical is one of New York City's greatest inventions, 150 years in the making! It's one of the truly American art forms, fueling one of…
12 years, 3 months ago
#158 Hotel Theresa: The Waldorf of Harlem
The Hotel Theresa is considered a genuine (if under-appreciated) Harlem treasure, both for its unique architecture and its special place in history a…
12 years, 4 months ago